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Harvest (band)

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Please feel free to make suggestions as to the layout and content of the article. Please also comment on my use of music samples within the Discography section. I've heard comments on both sides so far.

I would also greatly appreciate any leads to additional source material for use in the article.

Thanks for any feedback,

Jamie L. 20:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can see you've put a lot of effort into this, but I think it's important you take a really good look at WP:MUSTARD and see what's out of the norm. There are some easy things to rectify here:

  • The main issue is the format of the discography section. At the moment, the article reads more as a Harvest Discography than one on the band itself. It's creatively done, but Wikipedians aren't generally that big on creativity, and will ask for a recognisable format. I can see you have the raw materials for a great big discography, big enough for its own article, possibly. However, I'm not sure when it becomes wise to split a discography off into its own article, so for the moment I'd advise cutting it into a more typical format; there are examples available everywhere.
    • Thanks for this advice. I will look at the format and make it more typical.
  • As for the musical samples, I think you've done that well. But I'd advise also including a more standard form, as in Slayer, for instance. And maybe instead of linking the songs themselves to the samples, try doing it like this: "Song title"(sample (help·info)), which is a little less confusing despite being more drawn-out. You'll see this in the Slayer article also. I should point out I didn't write it, but it just reached FA standard so it's a good guide to follow.
    • Sounds good. I hadn't looked at Slayer's article, yet.
  • Stylistically, you don't need to bold the headers, as you have done with =='''Discography'''== - delete the apostrophes.
    • Ok, will do.
  • The best articles on bands usually follow a format something like this: "History", "Musical style", "Influence", "Discography", "Band members", "References", "See also", "External links".
  • To that end, I don't think the lead really follows the guidelines in WP:LEAD; give that a quick look-over.

I hope I haven't been too damning, but Wikipedia's all about guidelines and conformity. It's sad, but that's just how this site rolls; individuality isn't truly rewarded. But that's understandable; this is an encyclopaedia. The best thing for the article would be to traipse through all the featured band articles at "Music" in WP:FA, and to get a grasp of what a typical good band article is like. If you have any further questions, feel free to post on my talk page. Good luck! Seegoon 22:43, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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