Talk:The Tangent

Tidy Up

A number of sections seem untidy and the article could do with a general tidy up.

My Name is Andy Tillison and I have been the leader of the band "The Tangent" for 8 years. The article about the band "The Tangent" has been written by persons unknown to me. My personal feelings on the article are that it is rather anecdotal, and around 75 percent bloated. I would rather see a factual account of the band if such an article has to be on Wikipedia at all, and although I am personally proud of the band's achievements, I don't personally consider any of them of sufficient weight for an encyclopedia yet.

I am not, and never have been a Wikipedia editor and have no plans to be one as yet. I would be obliged if a good editor were to remove the article already present and if a replacement is thought necessary, it should be formed of a catalogue of our releases and the briefest of histories at the very most.

I abhor the usage of facilities such as Wikipedia for the promotion of bands.

Andy Tillison —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.248.54 (talk) 16:58, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Notability guidelines met?

@Narky Blert: I see you added the notability tag in January. In my opinion the guidelines are met for the reasons below. I've already removed the tag, but I'm a rookie editor and I'm not sure I did the right thing! Pinging you to ask you to check my reasoning and see whether you agree.

1. Many records on Inside Out, which I believe is the most prestigious prog rock label (featuring Dream Theater, Haken, Devin Townsend, etc.)

2. Former members include prominent musicians like Roine Stolt and Gavin Harrison

While I have you here: looks like Andy himself commented in 2010 (shortly after the COI tag was added) and claims not to have edited the page. Are we good to remove that tag as well?

Chikinn (talk) 01:43, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

@Chikinn: I accept "Andy Tillison"'s declaration without a second thought, as we are meant to do by WP:AGF. However, you don't have to be a band leader or member to have a WP:COI, and you need to tread on eggshells. I've been directly involved in two COI cases, both relating to people who sail through WP:NBIO. (1) A close relative, whose article I do not feel able to edit. All I can do is post sourced info on the Talk Page, and leave it up to other editors to make use of it, or not. Awaiting processing: four WP:RS obituaries; I've done all I should do. (2) A friend, whose article I created. I wrote it as objectively as I could; and, after some toing and froing with the Copyright Cops, her father uploaded a licence-free photo.

COI tags are about a lot more than "Hi, I'm X, and I've written this article about myself", or "I'm X's greatest fan". Very often, they're about a feeling that whoever wrote this must have had inside information; even (especially?) for stuff like "X was born January 1, 1900" when none of the sources say so.

As for notability: it is not WP:INHERITED. I was a major fan of a local pub band in the 1980s. The lead guitarist, slumming, had had his name on two #1 singles and has a WP biography. In no way does that make that pub band notable. Likewise, getting a record released does not in any way demonstrate notability. I knew another band around the same time who got a recording contract with RCA: their one release tanked.

What we need are independent in-depth WP:RS sources. Without those, there should be no WP article. The worst song ever recorded has a WP mention, but only because of its notoriety. (I particularly like the bit where it sounds like the drummer is falling down a spiral staircase still playing his kit.) Yrs, Narky Blert (talk) 22:46, 11 August 2020 (UTC)