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Request for review: draft biography of smooth jazz musician Patrick Lamb

Hello. I am Patrick Lamb, the subject of the draft linked below. I have a conflict of interest (WP:COI), and rather than edit or submit an article about myself I am following the guideline's recommendation to ask for independent help.

I have placed a draft at User:Updatepatrickfacts/Patrick Lamb. I would be grateful if a WikiProject Jazz member could:

• review the sources for reliability and independence,
• edit for neutrality and Wikipedia style,
• remove anything that reads as promotional,
• and, if the draft meets standards, submit it through Articles for Creation on my behalf.

Notability summary (per WP:MUSIC):

• WP:MUSIC #2 (charts) — five charting singles on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, three of them Top 5 (Maceo! #2, Sweet Tea #5, Savoir Faire #5); the other two (Get Wid It, Homebrew) peaked at #15. All verifiable directly at billboard.com/artist/patrick-lamb.
• WP:MUSIC #11 (national rotation) — current and recurrent rotation on SiriusXM Watercolors, the flagship national smooth-jazz satellite channel.
• WP:MUSIC #1 (independent coverage) — Billboard, All About Jazz, Smooth Jazz Network, regional press; Oregon Music Hall of Fame inductee; three-time Cascade Blues Association Muddy Award recipient.

I understand the draft may not be usable as written. Any editor who picks it up should feel free to rewrite, trim, reject, or replace any portion of it — my interest is accuracy, not self-promotion. Available to answer factual questions or provide additional sources on request.

Thank you for your time. Updatepatrickfacts (talk) 04:29, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Updatepatrickfacts, you have now posted this request twice, without response, so here is a first broad comment. You indicated that the draft (and possibly the request here?) was prepared ". ". Please read WP:LLM. I haven't tagged the draft as AI-generated at this point, as the extent to which you used an LLM in the draft with or without your subsequent review is not clear. Part of the problem with LLM-generated text is that it pushes disproportionate effort onto others to review and remediate (as in the 4 points of your request). AllyD (talk) 06:37, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

AllyD, you are right and I apologize. I posted the request twice because I did not see a response and assumed the first one had been missed in the volume. That was wrong of me, and I should have waited. The bullet-formatted, four-point structure of my request also pushed work onto reviewers in exactly the way you describe. That is on me.

I am the subject of the draft, not a Wikipedia editor, and I tried to format the ask in a way I thought looked proper. I overdid it. I have also cleaned up the sandbox draft at User:Updatepatrickfacts/Patrick Lamb to remove polish that was not helping anyone evaluate it.

I am withdrawing the four-point structure of the request. The honest short version is: the draft is at User:Updatepatrickfacts/Patrick Lamb. If anyone here ever has time to look, the strongest piece of independent sourcing is my Billboard artist page (https://www.billboard.com/artist/patrick-lamb/), which shows five charting singles, three of them Top 5. If the draft is not a workable basis, I would rather hear that than nothing. No reply is also a fine answer, and I will not post the request a third time. Thanks again for taking the time to flag it. Updatepatrickfacts (talk) 18:17, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Larry Coryell, Victor Bailey and Lenny White

Hello all, as a contributor on the Dutch Wikipedia I mainly write about music (usually indie rock/lo fi). Every now and then I stumble upon articles up for deletion on TBP, our version of AfD, that spark my interest. Yesterday a stub about the fusion group CBW was nominated for deletion. The group consisted of Coryell, Bailey and White. I was able to find one or two sources for the articles about the two albums that the group released, but none about the group itself. I found it peculiar that media like AllMusic and The Guardian would review CBW's work, but none would write about the group as an entity. I have a suspicion that there must be more source material.

I hardly listen to jazz. I have no idea where to look for more sources, especially from a time when the internet was still relatively young - assuming that much material would still be put on paper only. Yet, having listened to CBW's work, I am fascinated. It would be a shame if there really wasn't anything to write about them other than that they existed. Perhaps someone can help me find source material? Hiro (talk) 09:05, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

I've searched what I have access to offline and found almost nothing. Unfortunately, I don't have DownBeat from the relevant time (about 2005 and 2006), so that's a possibility. ProQuest, available in perhaps limited form through the Wikipedia Library, returns a brief mention in "Aficionados of jazz guitar get a weekend to die for" YASIEJKO, CHRISTOPHER. The News Journal; Wilmington, Del.. 26 Jan 2007: Z.12. There are reviews of the albums in The Times, The Washington Post and Birmingham Post, but they probably won't help if the album reviews you mention are insufficient. The Boston Globe has an announcement (08 Sep 2005) of concerts promoting an album and a review of a concert (14 Sep 2005). More concert reviews are in Sunday Independent (23 July 2006), The Washington Post (03 Oct 2005) and Evening Standard (31 Jan 2006). There are more listed in ProQuest, so that's probably your best option for finding supporting material. EddieHugh (talk) 15:11, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for your help! I'll look into ProQuest. Hiro (talk) 13:36, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

Requested edit to Earl MacDonald article

Hello. I've submitted an edit request on the Talk page of Earl MacDonald, proposing a revised version of the article based on independent sources. I wanted to invite any interested editors to take a look. Thank you for your time. Earlmacdon (talk) 01:08, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

Earlmacdon, in the past day editors Helpful Raccoon and Athanelar both called out use of an LLM in this redraft, and provided a link to Wikipedia:Large language models, which explains that "use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited". Despite that, you are now seeking project groups to approve the overwrite. The existing biographical article is the result of edits by various people over the years years (including at least one active on this project); I don't see overwriting their effort with machine extrusion as appropriate. AllyD (talk) 07:16, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the additional feedback. I appreciate you taking the time to explain the concerns.

I understand the issues being raised regarding process. In preparing the draft, my intention was to improve sourcing, structure, and neutrality based on published material; however, I recognize that the result may read as overly uniform in places, and I appreciate that this can raise concerns in light of the guidance you’ve cited.

I also take your point about not completely replacing the existing article. Rather than pursuing a full rewrite, I will shift to identifying specific areas for improvement and submit incremental, well-sourced edit requests based on the current version of the article.

Thank you again for the guidance.

Earlmacdon (talk) 09:48, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

Joe Henderson's "Recorda-me"

On the talk page for Recorda Me, I've put a request to move the article. The details are in that request, but I basically say two things: it was already spelled correctly on Henderson's 1963 album cover, and "Recorda Me" is an understandable honest mistake for anyone unfamiliar with Portuguese.

I'll add here that "anyone unfamiliar with Portuguese" includes many many musicians, journalists, and people at record labels. This is nothing but a typo, no matter how many times the typo has been repeated. If an English-language title got written "Meet-me in St. Louis", we would recognize the problem and change it to "Meet Me ..." TooManyFingers (he/him · talk) 14:47, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Red link and article request: Guitarist Mike Armando

Dear Project Jazz editors, I have a Conflict of Interest (COI) regarding the jazz and blues guitarist Mike Armando, who toured as the primary guitarist for Screamin' JayHawkins during the 1970s. He is currently mentioned in plain black text in the "Career" section of the main Screamin' Jay Hawkins Wikipedia page. Could a neutral editor please do two quick things? Update his mention on the Hawkins page to a red link: Mike Armando.Look at his populated Wikidata page, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140051930 to see his jazz and blues discography. He is featured in Steve Bergsman's biography book, I Put a Spell on You:The Bizarre Life of Screamin' Jay Hawkins published by Feral House in 12 pages.Turning his name into a red link will properly bridge Wikipedia to his Wikidata profile and help music editors start his biographical page.Thank you for your time! Carolann54 (talk) 04:06, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi Carolann54, red-linking won't provide the seamless link to Wikidata that you suggest. On desktop, clicking the red link takes you to an empty Create Mike Armando screen. Similar on mobile, though if you choose and then cancel page creation, it then allows you to search other resources such as Wikidata. Looking at the sources linked on the Wikidata item, I don't think there is enough to demonstrate individual notability here at this time. AllyD (talk) 08:48, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi AllyD thank you for getting back to me. So the Steve Bergsman Book freatured Mike Armando in 12 pages Of that book, I Put A Spell On You: The Bizarre Life of Screamin' Jay Hawkins published by Feral House on his days of being Hawkins guitarist. The write ups in Psychedelic Baby Magazine and others and 14 record releases on the mja Record lable as artist and producer with one of the releases Half Steppen in Billboards FM Top action picks. One of those releases Fred Lipsius Better Believe who was the saxophonist for BS&T it was released on Rounder Records and distributed though MCA Universal titled Stop The Gun Violence Mike Armando was the producer for that recording is not enough at this time you think? Carolann54 (talk) 09:41, 19 July 2026 (UTC)