Talk:Tommy Armstrong (singer-songwriter)
Latest comment: 1 month ago by Protalina in topic Proposed next steps
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Requested move (2013)
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Thomas “Tommy” Armstrong → Thomas "Tommy" Armstrong – curly quotation marks to straight ones. 96.232.126.27 (talk) 09:07, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
- The sources refer to him simply as Tommy Armstrong, so I think moving this article to Tommy Armstrong (performer) or something similar would be most appropriate. 84.92.117.93 (talk) 11:31, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
- Support we use plain quotes, not unicoded ones -- 76.65.128.43 (talk) 07:02, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
- Support I support this move to the standard quotes. --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:11, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
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Requested move 29 August 2015
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The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 (talk) 17:16, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
Thomas "Tommy" Armstrong → Tommy Armstrong (singer) – several other Tommy Armstrongs and Thomas Armstrongs Joeykai (talk) 04:51, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- Support per Craig Lockard - 2010 "Tommy Armstrong (1849–1919) was one of the most famous song-makers who came out of the new industrial working class of Britain" In ictu oculi (talk) 07:21, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
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Further developing this article: proposal
edit- Remove unverified statements. NB verify dod - some sources state 1919.
- Dead urls in Refs and See also?
- Develop description of context from writings of A. L. Lloyd and other folklorists.
- Add cited quotes from eldest son W. H. Armstrong.
- Add links to texts and tunes (as recommended/stipulated by T. Armstrong) in various compilations.
- Further Notes per song.
- Add section on Reception.
- Look for newspaper articles of the time about T. Armstrong. Obits?
- Possible section on Interpretation by singers, bands, etc.
- Change descriptor in article title to (singer-songwriter)?
- And...?
Proposed next steps
editAdd sample verse from a song per category (& song) identified by scholars:
- domestic
- workplace
- disaster.
Add sections:
- Reception
- Interpretation
Compose & RS a para on cultural context as described by scholars. — Protalina (talk) 16:38, 11 October 2024 (UTC)