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Request for review: draft biography of smooth jazz musician Patrick Lamb

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Hello. I am Patrick Lamb, the subject of the draft linked below. I have a conflict of interest (WP:COI), and rather than edit or submit an article about myself I am following the guideline's recommendation to ask for independent help.

I have placed a draft at User:Updatepatrickfacts/Patrick Lamb. I would be grateful if a WikiProject Jazz member could:

  • review the sources for reliability and independence,
  • edit for neutrality and Wikipedia style,
  • remove anything that reads as promotional,
  • and, if the draft meets standards, submit it through Articles for Creation on my behalf.

Notability summary (per WP:MUSIC):

  • WP:MUSIC #2 (charts) — five charting singles on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, three of them Top 5 (Maceo! #2, Sweet Tea #5, Savoir Faire #5); the other two (Get Wid It, Homebrew) peaked at #15. All verifiable directly at billboard.com/artist/patrick-lamb.
  • WP:MUSIC #11 (national rotation) — current and recurrent rotation on SiriusXM Watercolors, the flagship national smooth-jazz satellite channel.
  • WP:MUSIC #1 (independent coverage) — Billboard, All About Jazz, Smooth Jazz Network, regional press; Oregon Music Hall of Fame inductee; three-time Cascade Blues Association Muddy Award recipient.

I understand the draft may not be usable as written. Any editor who picks it up should feel free to rewrite, trim, reject, or replace any portion of it — my interest is accuracy, not self-promotion. Available to answer factual questions or provide additional sources on request.

Thank you for your time. Updatepatrickfacts (talk) 04:29, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Updatepatrickfacts, you have now posted this request twice, without response, so here is a first broad comment. You indicated that the draft (and possibly the request here?) was prepared ". ". Please read WP:LLM. I haven't tagged the draft as AI-generated at this point, as the extent to which you used an LLM in the draft with or without your subsequent review is not clear. Part of the problem with LLM-generated text is that it pushes disproportionate effort onto others to review and remediate (as in the 4 points of your request). AllyD (talk) 06:37, 1 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
AllyD, you are right and I apologize. I posted the request twice because I did not see a response and assumed the first one had been missed in the volume. That was wrong of me, and I should have waited. The bullet-formatted, four-point structure of my request also pushed work onto reviewers in exactly the way you describe. That is on me.
I am the subject of the draft, not a Wikipedia editor, and I tried to format the ask in a way I thought looked proper. I overdid it. I have also cleaned up the sandbox draft at User:Updatepatrickfacts/Patrick Lamb to remove polish that was not helping anyone evaluate it.
I am withdrawing the four-point structure of the request. The honest short version is: the draft is at User:Updatepatrickfacts/Patrick Lamb. If anyone here ever has time to look, the strongest piece of independent sourcing is my Billboard artist page (https://www.billboard.com/artist/patrick-lamb/), which shows five charting singles, three of them Top 5. If the draft is not a workable basis, I would rather hear that than nothing. No reply is also a fine answer, and I will not post the request a third time. Thanks again for taking the time to flag it. Updatepatrickfacts (talk) 18:17, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Article proposal: Hervé Samb — Senegalese guitarist, Jazz Sabar pioneer

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Hello WikiProject Jazz,

I would like to propose the creation of an article about **Hervé Samb** (born 21 April 1979, Rufisque, Senegal), a Senegalese guitarist, composer and arranger based in Paris, and the pioneer of the **Jazz Sabar** style — a fusion of contemporary jazz with traditional Senegalese sabar percussion.

Notability

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Hervé Samb meets Wikipedia's notability criteria on multiple independent grounds:

  • Grammy Award nomination (2021) — Best Jazz Vocal Album for Holy Room (Somi), on which he served as featured guitar soloist
  • AUDELCO Award nomination (2022) — Outstanding Musical Director, Dreaming Zenzile at New York Theatre Workshop (49th Vivian Robinson AUDELCO Recognition Awards)
  • International critical recognition: Jazz Magazine CHOC, Songlines UK ★★★★, Télérama "Très Bien", Le Monde, RFI
  • Contributor to over 100 albums
  • Documented collaborations with: David Murray (Gwotet, Justin Time 2004, with Pharoah Sanders), World Saxophone Quartet (Political Blues, 2006), Meshell Ndegeocello, Marcus Miller, Pat Metheny, Jimmy Cliff, Oumou Sangaré (Seya, World Circuit 2009), Salif Keïta (Un Autre Blanc, Naïve 2018, Metacritic 80/100), Amadou & Mariam, Touré Kunda, Omar Pène, Somi...
  • Inventor of Jazz Sabar, covered extensively by Jeune Afrique, Afropop Worldwide, AllAboutJazz, Music In Africa, Afrisson and others

Key independent sources

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Draft

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A complete draft in wikicode is ready (infobox, references, categories, interwiki links). I can share it here or via user talk page upon request.

Thank you for your consideration. Euleuk jazz (talk) 17:18, 23 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Euleuk jazz, the above use of emboldening, bullet pointed text summaries is characteristic of Large Language Model outputs - did you use one? Please note that this is prohibited on Wikipedia. If you have a draft article - and it was not written using an LLM - you can create the draft yourself and submit it to AFC: see WP:YFA. AllyD (talk) 19:08, 23 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello AllyD, thank you for the feedback. You are correct that I used an AI assistant to help structure the submission message. However, the draft article itself has been carefully researched, with all sources independently verified. I understand Wikipedia's policy on LLM content and will follow the WP:YFA process to submit the draft through Articles for Creation. The article will be rewritten in my own words before submission. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Euleuk jazz Euleuk jazz (talk) 11:25, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback requested: Draft:Wolfgang Seligo

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Hi everyone, I'm looking for some feedback on a newly submitted biography: Draft:Wolfgang Seligo

To be fully transparent, I am helping out with this draft as a personal representative for Wolfgang Seligo (using this account, Eujazz). I am doing this on a strictly voluntary, unpaid basis. We've done our best to keep the tone neutral and have cited independent sources like DownBeat, Chicago Tribune, and All About Jazz. Since I have a personal connection to the artist, I'd really appreciate it if an independent member of the Jazz Project could take a quick look at the draft, offer some feedback, or help with the review process.

Thanks so much for your time and help! Eujazz (talk) 08:15, 4 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Larry Coryell, Victor Bailey and Lenny White

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Hello all, as a contributor on the Dutch Wikipedia I mainly write about music (usually indie rock/lo fi). Every now and then I stumble upon articles up for deletion on TBP, our version of AfD, that spark my interest. Yesterday a stub about the fusion group CBW was nominated for deletion. The group consisted of Coryell, Bailey and White. I was able to find one or two sources for the articles about the two albums that the group released, but none about the group itself. I found it peculiar that media like AllMusic and The Guardian would review CBW's work, but none would write about the group as an entity. I have a suspicion that there must be more source material.

I hardly listen to jazz. I have no idea where to look for more sources, especially from a time when the internet was still relatively young - assuming that much material would still be put on paper only. Yet, having listened to CBW's work, I am fascinated. It would be a shame if there really wasn't anything to write about them other than that they existed. Perhaps someone can help me find source material? Hiro (talk) 09:05, 18 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Requested edit to Earl MacDonald article

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Hello. I've submitted an edit request on the Talk page of Earl MacDonald, proposing a revised version of the article based on independent sources. I wanted to invite any interested editors to take a look. Thank you for your time. Earlmacdon (talk) 01:08, 27 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Earlmacdon, in the past day editors Helpful Raccoon and Athanelar both called out use of an LLM in this redraft, and provided a link to Wikipedia:Large language models, which explains that "use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited". Despite that, you are now seeking project groups to approve the overwrite. The existing biographical article is the result of edits by various people over the years years (including at least one active on this project); I don't see overwriting their effort with machine extrusion as appropriate. AllyD (talk) 07:16, 27 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the additional feedback. I appreciate you taking the time to explain the concerns.
I understand the issues being raised regarding process. In preparing the draft, my intention was to improve sourcing, structure, and neutrality based on published material; however, I recognize that the result may read as overly uniform in places, and I appreciate that this can raise concerns in light of the guidance you’ve cited.
I also take your point about not completely replacing the existing article. Rather than pursuing a full rewrite, I will shift to identifying specific areas for improvement and submit incremental, well-sourced edit requests based on the current version of the article.
Thank you again for the guidance.
Earlmacdon (talk) 09:48, 27 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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