User talk:Caribesalsa

Welcome![edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Antilliaanse Feesten[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Antilliaanse Feesten requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organized event (tour, function, meeting, party, etc.), but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Your very short article was flagged for deletion because, like it says above, it did not "credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant". I think all it said was that it took place in a particular city and had happened for a particular number of years. If you want to write the article again, you need to indicate to the reader why the festival is significant. --McGeddon (talk) 09:14, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify, I'm not suggesting that the festival isn't significant, just that the couple of particular sentences you wrote about it the other day didn't mention why it was significant. "Mention why it's significant" is the barest minimum of any Wikipedia article. --McGeddon (talk) 09:17, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Caribesalsa. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Latin music (genre), you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. McGeddon (talk) 16:37, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@McGeddon: I reverted this user's edit on Latin music (genre) on the grounds that it did not conform with the content of the article (link). The fact that user re-added it without an explanation is pretty evident to me that the user did not read my edit summary and is violating WP:COI. Erick (talk) 16:50, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what this user's motive is, but they've added the same promotional see-also link ("Antilliaanse Feesten - the world largest Caribbean Dance & Music Festival in Hoogstraten / Belgium") to several articles now. It does not even appear to be the world's largest Caribbean festival. --McGeddon (talk) 16:53, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

its an DANCE FESTIVAL too you talk about things you never had heared...

you could remove "the largest" - if its better...

Antilliaanse Feesten on Latin music (genre)[edit]

I have removed your addition of Antilliaanse Feesten on the Latin music (genre) article, because it does not conform with the content of the article for the following reasons: 1) The festival that you linked is only for Caribbean music which does not represent all of Latin music. On top of that, the festival also includes countries that fall outside of the Latin music spectrum by sources (such as Jamaica and Suriname). 2) Tropical music is already listed on see also for the Spanish Caribbean musical genres and formats, making your addition redundant. 3) The article does not in any way expand the reader's understanding of "Latin music". 4) Your additions only seems to be promoting the event (and if you are involved with the event itself, then you are violating WP:COI). If you have any questions or concerns, please bring it up on the Latin music (genre) talk page. Thank you. Erick (talk) 16:42, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

if its an caribbean festival - its almost an latin music festival !

also includes countries that fall outside of the Latin music spectrum by sources (such as Jamaica and Suriname) Bands from Jamaica are also present

That claim is not backed up by sources (in fact saying that "x is almost y" without a source is considered original research). Did you even read the article for the Latin music (genre)? If you did, you would have known that the music industry only considers music in Spanish and Portuguese to be Latin. And the only countries/territories in the Caribbean that fall into that spectrum would be the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Puerto Rico and the coastal regions of Colombia and Venezuela. That's hardly "almost" when you consider all the countries in Ibero-America that you haven't accounted for. Erick (talk) 17:01, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]