Jstar2k9

February 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from MC Funky J, a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, you can place a {{hangon}} tag on the page, under the existing speedy deletion tag (please do not remove the speedy deletion tag), and make your case on the page's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. Marasmusine (talk) 12:28, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

After further examination, I can see that the above article is written in such a promotional tone that it falls under our speedy deletion crtieria of "blatant advertising" (WP:SPEEDY#G11). Wikipedia has a core policy of WP:Neutral point of view. Marasmusine (talk) 12:38, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Jstar, I see you have recreated MC Funky J again, but there are still huge problems with WP:NPOV and WP:Verifiability. I am going to remove all POV and unreferenced material, reducing it to a stub. Please make yourself familiar with these two policies. Marasmusine (talk) 13:00, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Jstar, this is your third warning. Please WP:CITE where you get your information from, per WP:Verifiability policy, and please write from a WP:Neutral point of view. Your text is still highly promotional in tone. Marasmusine (talk) 13:40, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Jstar, I need to talk to you one more time about your edits, but I'll try to make this as clear as I can.

• Verifiability - I don't know if you've read it or not, but the WP:Verifiability policy says "Articles should rely on reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy." You haven't cited any sources at all, apart from one small blog which we can't use as it is a self-published source. In the edit history you mention pictures, flyers and some commercial sites. None of these are "third-party". As an example, you wrote "Later in the Competition Funky lost to Jakki Da Motamouth of the MHZ crew. Which still to this day people say was a controversial decision." Where did you get this information from? Who says it was a controversial decision?
• Neutral point of view - Repeated use of the word "legendary" and phrases like "When the smoke cleared their was only one MC left blazin." are simply not neutral terms.
• Notability - If verifiability and NPOV can be addressed, we come to the notability threshold. See notability guideline for musicians. Has any of his music charted? Has he been written about in reliable publications?

I need to remove the content of the article again in accordance with our policies. Please let me know if you can cite sources for the information and are able to write neutrally. Marasmusine (talk) 01:05, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

MC Funky J

To answer you question no that artist has not yet charted. Now as you stated " See notability guideline for musicians", please pay close attention. It clearly states "A musician or ensemble (note that this includes a band, singer, rapper, orchestra, DJ, musical theatre group, etc.) is notable if it meets any one of the following criteria" and this artist meets at least three of the listed criteria for inclusion.

Section 1 "This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, online versions of print media, and television documentaries" and this artist was included in two different documentaries titled "The MC: Why We Do It" and "The Art of 16 Bars".

Section 1.4 "Has received non-trivial coverage in a reliable source of an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one sovereign country". The event was sponsored by Greenpeace and pictures are provided. The event was covered by ESPN in Brazil as well as numerous other news organizations.

Furthermore, under section 1.9 it states "Has won or placed in a major music competition", MC Funky J won a competition back in May 2004 which gave him the opportunity to be put on the "Keep Right" tour promoting KRS-One's album. Hence all the photos, articles and so on. That week long opportunity ended up turning into a year long mentorship.

You said "Neutral point of view - Repeated use of the word "legendary" and phrases like 'When the smoke cleared their was only one MC left blazin' ", the use of the word legendary can be changed to other words and quote was a direct quote from the artist himself and for the majority it was all original writing's.

Jstar2k9 (talk) 11:39, 02 March 2009 (UTC)

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