Talk:Danny Thompson

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Article problems

This biography article doesn't follow chronologically. Some of the albums.. I'm not sure what were wikified improperly, leading readers to the wrong places. Please help and tag it for multiple problems that need attention. Also, the text should be expanded, and it needs new references. To mention his drug problems before his youth is really backward! I just added the infobox and a photo, and unfortunately don't have the time to spend on it.--Leahtwosaints (talk) 00:07, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Businessman

The article begins by saying that he is "best known as a double bassist and businessman", but there's nothing about his business career; it says that he owns a mansion, which presumably wasn't paid for with session work, so what is his day job? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 20:10, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As there's still no sign of any explanation of why he's a "businessman," I'm going to delete that. 850 C (talk) 17:13, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Danny Thompson/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

I have assessed this article as Start-class and identified the following areas for improvement:

The article needs an infobox
The article would be improved by the addition of a photograph
The article needs references

kingboyk 16:56, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 16:56, 8 March 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 12:48, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

External links

Some things just grow during incremental edits and sometimes get out of hand. The "External links" section, one of the optional appendices, was expanded to 11 entries. Three seems to be an acceptable number, and of course, everyone has their favorite to try to add for a fourth. Consensus needs to determine this. A tag indicates concerns.

However, none is needed for article promotion.

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ELMIN: Minimize the number of links.

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