Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Jazz

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Many articles about jazz albums have grade values from Tom Hull under “retrospective professional reviews.” Do his reviews or his standing as a reviewer meet Wikipedia standards for inclusion? While he has been a professional reviewer, as described in the article concerning him, many of his grades appear to be self-published as part of exhaustive inventories of artists’ catalogs. I’d suggest that many of these rankings don’t meet the standards of professional reviews. (In the majority of cases, there is no writing supporting the grade on his website.) For a similar case, I’d point to the many reviews by self-published writer Piero Scaruffi, whose evaluations appear to have been scrubbed from Wikipedia. Discipline27-II (talk) 19:46, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Discipline27-II I would say Tom Hull's reviews are suitable per WP:EXPERTSPS, considering his extensive publication history at The Village Voice. Many publications give ratings without prose, as discussed here; I personally include those ratings in {{album ratings}} templates, but regardless of if you think that's appropriate, it doesn't impugn the reliability of Hull's prose reviews. Cheers, Mach61 22:20, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mach61Thanks for the response. Your link to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:EXPERTSPS supports the conclusion. I just wanted to check, but if the community practice is being followed, I won’t naysay (even if I think the grades themselves are questionable.) Discipline27-II (talk) 22:43, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree--his WP article was written by a Christgau superfan (I'm merely a fan), and I remember a brief talk page discussion. His reviews and grades that were originally published in RS are fine; his database of grades divorced from text are problematic--unlike AllMusic, Larkin, Strong, the Rolling Stone guides, MusicHound, etc., they aren't tied to biographical or prose entries, unless he's changed his site. They're just, you know, hanging out. I think it's entirely appropriate to remove the grades that are just housed in database-type listings. If someone objects, take it to the talk page. Caro7200 (talk) 22:48, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. His published stuff is fine, but his own personal database shouldn't be used per WP:SPS. Sergecross73 msg me 12:17, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I posted at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums. Cheers. Caro7200 (talk) 00:31, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I started an article for Draft:Crystal Torres, but it was declined due to some sources not being reliable. I'm not sure where to find better sources though, and what to do next so that the article meets Wikipedia criteria to be published. Can someone help, please? (I hope it's okay, I'll probably request help in a few other WikiProjects, since she also plays other music genres) Caalou (talk) 13:46, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have started a new article at Russian jazz, mostly by cobbling together a narrative from articles on the major performers in the field. It is a bit of a hodgepodge right now, but I think the bones are there, if anyone wants to step in and improve it. Cheers! BD2412 T 04:06, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]