Talk:DUMBA

message: Respectfully resubmitted for editorial consideration Jasonfb 08:48, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As per the clean-up request at the top of the page, I've attempted to do some re-formatting and editorial work, while leaving all the references intact. Please review and if further work is necessary, please leave a message here; otherwise, let's remove the clean-up notice.Intheshadows 18:03, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: thank you Intheshadows this looks great. I'd be happy to remove the clean up message. there is a bit more research I want to do on this page-- particularly, get some of the dates of the events which are missing. this happens to be a somewhat slow process so I'd be happy to remove the cleanup message and return in a few weeks time to add the dates. does this make sense in terms of wikiprocess? Jasonfb 18:34, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're welcome. Nothing makes sense in terms of "wikiprocess". ; ) Feel free to leave messages on my talk page. Good luck with the article!Intheshadows 05:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 2007 

message: After a review of this article, the following are items I've noticed that need attention:
*Tonal issues. Some of this possibly could be rewritten to have a more encyclopedic tone.
*Establishing notability. The way this is written almost makes it sound like it was just a bunch of guys living in a frat house.  More effort should be made to state exactly HOW they were so influential and who they influenced and how.
*Heading revisions needed.  Sections should be consolodated, perhaps into a proper narrative history/background section in a proper chronological order. "Name" and "space" should be included in this section as part of the historical narative of how and where and why this collective was founded.
*Better thematic flow needed for the various projects and thinsg the group did.  It seems pretty haphazard right now.
*Sourcing is a good start, but spotty. Needs improvement.
--Lendorien (talk) 16:26, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvement suggestions - 2009 

message: The play parties continued through 2006. The neighborhood changed, and the advent of internet social networking sites and the instant access/exposure they brought made it harder for DUMBA to continue having such parties openly. It was a way of life, and invariably brunches, art shows, wrestling parties, poetry and music events often ended up as play parties. The article describes Shortbus's sex scenes as hyperbole. They were not. I feel the article does not address the racial shift within the history of the collective and slights the activities and contributions of those involved from 2000-2007. DUMBA was a majority people of color queer collective for the last 6 years of existence. A handful of the collective members worked or where involved with POCC (People of Color in Crisis) and GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis) and where committed to fostering a fun, safe sex positive environment.
This was our landlord's petition to the court in the winter of 2006:
"The court can see that these people operate parties under a business name D.U.M.B.A. COLLECTIVE. These are run almost every weekend and people pay to get into the parties. The court can see that the sex offered is deviate sex, i.e. Lesbian and/or Gay. When they are running their parties they have tremondous (sic) loudspeakers that you can almost hear all over Brooklyn and these parties run almost to dawn. After the party on Monday morning you can see loads of empty beer bottles that is (sic) left over by them. I cannot say that they are running a house of prostitution because I personally did NOT see such activity. However, the advertising they do can certainly lead one to such conclusions."
Annodated (talk) 20:35, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  DUMBA 2002-2007 

message: The phrase "all-ages" is repeated twice in the article. What does it refer to, and why is it important? Totorotroll (talk) 17:55, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "all-ages"?