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paul2520 💬 16:40, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Eddie Snodderly (March 14)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Flat Out was:

Please read the criteria for establishing notability at WP:MUSICBIO

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Flat Out (talk) 03:24, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Eddie Snodderly (March 14)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Flat Out was:

Please read the criteria for establishing notability at WP:MUSICBIO

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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Flat Out (talk) 03:24, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am beginning to think that there is an intentional exclusion of this topic from Wikipedia by a bad actor with some sort of malicious intent. I have gathered that someone tried to post an article about Snodderly in the past, and it was similarly denied a spot on the site. I am mystified, as Snodderly meets the criteria for notability in the WP:MUSICBIO (as linked above)on at least FOUR points - the required amount is TWO:

1. The recent Bear Family Records box set of the Brother Boys (of which Snodderly serves as co-bandleader) includes liner notes (36 pages) by country music scholar Dr. Ted Olson. https://www.bear-family.com/brother-boys-on-the-honky-tonk-highway-with-the-brother-boys-2-cd.html?srsltid=AfmBOopWSYRvaBoqawgQfUgiTkjB3dBVkJ4HR2GlQRBtUc7AjCZWXpVy

5. Has released two or more albums on a major record label or on one of the more important indie labels (i.e., an independent label with a history of more than a few years, and with a roster of performers, many of whom are independently notable). [With the Brother Boys, released material on Sugar Hill, a prominent label in the acoustic/Americana field] https://www.discogs.com/artist/3083034-Brother-Boys?srsltid=AfmBOoqR3CiAg9VHmdy6JdV-rOl2ZaY8M76mmlEyg66YlxC96VsvJFWd

7. Has become one of the most prominent representatives of a notable style or the most prominent of the local scene of a city; [As owner-operator of the Down Home venue, he has, for decades, created a forum for local performances in Johnson City; this venue has garnered the attention of many outside this region, including the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/travel/where-the-hills-and-hollows-are-alive-with-music.html]

10. Has performed music for a work of media that is notable, such as a theme for a network television show, performance in a television show or notable film, inclusion on a notable compilation album. [He appeared in the film “O Brother Where Art Thou” - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811188/]

After the article was tagged for removal, Snodderly was contacted by someone claiming to help people get their Wikipedia articles posted to the site, FOR A FEE. Again, it seems like a bad actor is trying to misuse the Wikipedia framework to extort money by preventing this page from going live. Bidgoodl (talk) 15:48, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Bluegrass in La Roche

The article Bluegrass in La Roche has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

I can find zero in-depth mentions of this festival in independent, reliable sources to show it passes WP:GNG.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 09:07, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]