Talk:Thelma Terry

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Nomination for deletion under AFD[edit]

This article was nominated for deletion. The outcome was a speedy keep. Capitalistroadster 00:54, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

November 3, 2006 changes[edit]

I've made significant changes to this page. My sources were David Apolloni's essay on Thelma Terry (Apolloni is a known and respected amateur jazz historian - virtually all jazz historians are amateurs, so that's not a slag at him) and the Red Hot Jazz website. I tried to retain a neutral point of view on this.

One of the problems historians have researching 1920s jazz musicians is that outside of those that remained popular into the post-war period (Louis Armstrong and Gene Krupa to name two), there isn't much information on them and many of their recordings have disappeared. There wasn't as much money in recording as there was in touring in those days; fewer people owned record players and the sound quality wasn't that great. Often even notable pressings would only reach 1000 or 2000 copies.

I'll add photos when I figure out what is fair use and whether any of them could be public domain (pre-1923). Apolloni's article includes photos but says they're all copyright Thelma Terry's daughter. That's patently incorrect with respect to the MCA promo pieces, which (I'm guessing) are copyright MCA.

For the person who asked who that guy was whose image was in an old edit - good question! He looks a bit like he should be running for elected office or giving financial advice on an American cable channel. I think he was in there simply because the file name is terry.jpg. --Charlene 01:35, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment[edit]

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I've rated this as start. I thought about rating it as "B", but there are several problems that need to be addressed before that happens.

There is no legacy section. How did she influence bands or musicians who came later? how is she regarded today? I know you can find quotes for this, because I googled her myself after reading the article. A legacy section is really important in a bio.
You have made several assertions, but provided *no* inline citations. A good wiki article has at least one inline citation per paragraph, and usually more. I understand your problem about finding reference sources, but you have at least that one website from the Coombs family. Please cite each instance where you used that; otherwise it looks like original research.
The text needs copyediting to remove idiomatic expressions make the prose more formal.
There are a lot of facts here that are extraneous and have nothing to do with her notability. Comments about her beauty are interesting, but this is an article about her muscianship.
I don't mean to be discouraging. I really enjoyed the article and it did inspire me to google her, so you did a good job in that respect. If it had only a legacy section and footnotes I would have given it a B. Jeffpw 08:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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