Why My Wikipedia Article is Worthy

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Why My Wikipedia Article is Worthy

• By Andrew Chester

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Overview

• Introduction
• Original Entry
• Filling the Gap
• Evidence of Acceptance
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Wrote full article on the Ed Palermo Big Band
• Band Leader has seen, and approves of, my article
• Created about 40 branches out
• Created/Fixed about 10 branches in
• Link to actual article can be found on Web
  Showcase home page

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Original Entry

• There was no existing article when I started

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Filling the Gap

• There were many pages that mentioned the band,
  and even some dead branches in
• By creating the page I fixed these dead branches
• Creation of the article helped to fully define
  other articles that mentioned my article with a
  dead link

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Evidence of Acceptance

• There have been a few minor edits to the page,
  but it has not been marked for deletion

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Conclusion

• Page is entirely original work
• Filled a gap created by dead links
• Has been noticed but not deleted
• Conclusion Wikipedia has accepted my article