Talk:Bill Bruford

message: This page used to refer to Bruford's birthdate as being in 1948. Currently it says 1949, although I've found other sources which cite 1950 as the date. Any final word?
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:That's the date given at All Music. Don't know how definitive this is. What sources disagree?  -- D.M. (talk) 08:35, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  According to his official website, Bruford was born in 1949. I hope this puts this debate to rest. -- D.M. (talk) 02:07, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Birthdate

message: I put in the interview quotes, and some headers, but now the page looks incredibly short. It really needs a lot more about King Crimson, as he played with them for longer than with Yes. Earthworks needs more, more, more... andreasegde 11:29, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: More, more, more

message: I seem to have a problem in understanding which photos can be borrowed for Wiki. Can anyone help with photos for the Bill Bruford page? It´s beginning to look a little too black and white.
andreasegde 16:15, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos

message: The section on King Crimson Again is ambiguous and a little confusing. The "double trio" only refers to the 1995-1996 Thrak-era Crimson; the era comprising Discipline, Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair was a quartet consisting of Bruford, Fripp, Tony Levin and Adrian Belew.
Bruford specifically left Yes to join King Crimson. The quote that he "spent a lot of time waiting for the phone to ring, and wondering if it ever would" (immediately preceding the King Crimson section) appears to refer to what happened after Crimson disbanded in 1974. Bondegezou 17:37, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: King Crimson

message: I am re-writing it (after being so advised) to paraphrase Bruford´s words, so as not to be accused of plagiarism. andreasegde 13:53, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: To clarify, it's not plagiarism so long as the quotes are attributed. I'm more concerned that several lengthy quotes from the same article might be a copyright violation, though the chance of getting sued is small. The most serious problem with the lengthy quotes is that it isn't encyclopedic style. It was reading more like an interview than an encyclopedia entry. Thanks for the useful edits you've done so far on this. --dm (talk) 15:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I'm going to attempt to improve this article the best I can after reading the assessment of the article as B-class. I can see some stuff which will be quite easy to improve.--HisSpaceResearch 22:38, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Done it now.--HisSpaceResearch 00:05, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Nominated the article as good, following Talk:Bill_Bruford/Comments.--HisSpaceResearch 02:54, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice one, HisSpaceResearch. As I have been learning a lot recently about in-line citations (which are a lot easier than you think) I believe that this article needs more, but properly formatted. Take a look at the KLF page, or Paul McCartney. --andreasegde 19:34, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Re-write

message: HisSpaceResearch, I can forsee some problems (and comments) coming about the lack of citations. If you need any help, please feel free to contact me. --andreasegde 21:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah... I'm looking at the article again now and am thinking that portions of it may need a rewrite. The main problem is that there are far too many quotes.--HisSpaceResearch 12:58, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA

message: *Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/MUSTARD/Images
**Guideline 1.1:"The  tag establishes fair use only in an article about the album in question." Note that this requirement is arguably not applicable to WP:GA, since WP:WIAGA  (6c) requires only the existence of a fair-use rationale.
*WP:WIAGA
**Guideline 2.b:"The citation of its sources using an accepted form of inline citation is required" Many long stretcheds of this article are uncited, leaving you open to concerns about WP:CV. This is perhaps the article's primary flaw.
*Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/MUSTARD/References
**Guideline 3:"Direct quotes, especially from living people, should always be specifically cited to a source" Many direct quotes are unsourced; that's a big no-no.
*WP:LEAD
**The lead section  concludes with YES; doesn't include later work. The bit about the Boston Bruins does not belong in the lead.
--Ling.Nut 06:39, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA Nomination failed 

message: :Image:Bill Bruford - One of a Kind.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Bill Bruford - One of a Kind.jpg

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Bruford.jpg

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Yes - Yes.jpg

message: I've recently done an interview with contemporary composer Colin Riley, who is currently collaborating with Bruford, which may provide some useful material for this article. I didn't want to add it myself given my COI. Bondegezou (talk) 13:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: New related interview

message: Bruford recorded a vinyl album called In search of ancients gods with the band Absolute elsewhere (look on prog archives)but at as been erease from is wikipage can somebody tell me why ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.82.205.122 (talk) 05:48, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm guessing you meant to write "it has been erased from its wikipage"... is that correct? If so, what do you mean by "its wikipage"?--Martin IIIa (talk) 12:52, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

text: Ah, okay. If you're just referring to the discography information on the Absolute Elsewhere album, that's still in there, under "session work". I moved it there because the reviews on www.gepr.net say that Bruford was a sessionist on the album, not an actual member of Absolute Elsewhere. If that is inaccurate, please say so and I'll move it back. If you're referring to something more than just the discography information, do you have any recollection of when you last saw it on the page? I browsed a bit of the page history but couldn't find anything on Absolute Elsewhere beyond the discography bit.--Martin IIIa (talk) 01:40, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Absolute Elsewhere 

message: The band "Bruford:" technically, isn't that a band that a band that happens to be named after him and not really a solo project? If that section theoretically were expanded, and no, I did not just volunteer :), shouldn't it be more appropriate as a standalone page? Dementia13 (talk) 14:41, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed! I think the subject matter as it stands is more confusing and by doing so, it should make the topic of the articles clearer. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 21:37, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bruford: Separate article? 

message: I think the coherence of the biography here is the separation of all the various groups in which Bruford participated. Often, I have the same feeling about making sections for every album in other articles. There must be some way to more easily, yet chronologically develop a musician's article. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 21:17, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too ,many sections 

message: Substituted at 09:37, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: in violation of wp talk page guidelines, but how else to preserve this information? here's an anecdote about the video release of the show:
I saw bruford's son's band, 'infadels', at the monarch in camden, 2003-ish, maybe earlier. I'd gone there on spec, not knowing who was playing, & the first person I saw was alex's dad, bill bruford, on his own. I struck up conversation with him & watched the band with him, both of us clutching pints & cigs. those were different times. fallout from this meeting, btw, was the video release of bruford senior's "rock goes to college" appearance, which I told him I'd got a copy of via a mate at the bbc; we exchanged details (bb gave me his business card) so I could get a vhs to him & when he'd recovered from his "embarrassment", it was licensed to voiceprint. someone will be along in a minute to tidy this up & tell me (again) that this is not what talk pages are for. do us a favour- wind your neck in, go do some tidying where it's really needed.
duncanrmi (talk) 15:30, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  rock goes to college