This article is within the scope of WikiProject Radio, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Radio-related subjects on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.RadioWikipedia:WikiProject RadioTemplate:WikiProject RadioRadio articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject BBC, an attempt to better organise information in articles related to the BBC. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page where you can join us as a member. You can also visit the BBC Portal.BBCWikipedia:WikiProject BBCTemplate:WikiProject BBCBBC articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Classical music, which aims to improve, expand, copy edit, and maintain all articles related to classical music, that are not covered by other classical music related projects. Please read the guidelines for writing and maintaining articles. To participate, you can edit this article or visit the project page for more details.Classical musicWikipedia:WikiProject Classical musicTemplate:WikiProject Classical musicClassical music articles
Latest comment: 11 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Am I right in thinking that the external links should be in references, not giving direct links between the text and the BBC page? To my eye its starting to look rather spammy.... almost-instinct 18:05, 28 November 2012 (UTC)Reply
Yes, per WP:EL they need to go as footnotes. This whole article is rather spammy, albeit on a notable subject. I've removed one alleged reference which did not support the claim "while a number of New Generation Artists have also featured on BBC Music Magazine cover CDs.". It was simply a direct link to a site selling subscriptions to BBC magazines, nothing else. I've also removed the link to the NGA Facebook page. It's already linked from the official website. That's more than enough. The referencing for this article is very poor. Surely, there is coverage and reviews in mainstream publications outside the BBC itself and sites like classicalsource.com and prestoclassical.co.uk both of which exist primarily to sell recordings. I've actually removed the latter as it does not support the statement "three of which (Belcea Quartet, Simon Trpceski and Jonathan Lemalu) have won Gramophone Awards for the best Debut CD of the year" at all. None of the names are listed there. Voceditenore (talk) 18:42, 28 November 2012 (UTC)Reply
Right, done the formatting. Have rewritten the introduction. The section "Young Musician of the Year Relationship" seems spurious as there isn't an official relationship. almost-instinct 10:06, 29 November 2012 (UTC)Reply
