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Thstle

How can the band THISTLE (WWW.THISTLEBAND.CA)BE INCLUDED IN YOUR LISTING OF MANITOBA MUSICIANS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thistleband (talk • contribs) 09:52, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Well, the short answer is, you just write it. This is Wikipedia, the encyclopedia anyone can edit. If you think something needs editing, just click the 'edit' button you will see on every page and go for it!

Having said that, we like to keep the quality of the encyclopedia as high as possible, so there are a few things you will need to consider.

First: notability. Subjects need to have a certain level of recognition before having an article written about them. Basically, we ask that the subject has been written about in published media - thus Sir Paul McCartney has an article, but Sir Paul McCartney's goldfish doesn't, because no newspaper, scholarly work or book has been written about it. In terms of musicians we have a set of guidelines at WP:MUSIC, which you should read. If the band meet at least one (and preferably more) of the criteria, you can proceed. If not, sorry but they're probably not suitable for an article right now.

Second: sources. I said we need subjects to already have been written about, now we need to prove it. When writing articles we need to provide reliable sources. You can see a description of what this means at Wikipedia:Reliable sources, but in general it means a newspaper article, a peer-reviewed scholarly paper or some other text written by knowledgeable and independent persons. Self-published sources are almost never acceptable - this would include a band's website, Facebook page and tweets. Every fact that is to be added to the encyclopedia will need a reliable source. This can be tricky, since if we want to add 'John is aged 35' we need to find a suitable source for that information. It doesn't matter that John is sitting beside me and says he's 35, Wikipedia needs a reliable source.

That brings me on to the third thing to consider: Self-promotion. Wikipedia tries to avoid having articles written by people involved with the subject itself. Thus, if Barack Obama wanted to settle down one evening to a bit of light editing, he'd be perfectly welcome to edit the article on Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft, but he should leave the one on President of the United States alone. This is going to mean that you shouldn't write an article on this band yourself, since you are obviously personally connected to the band. However, it doesn't mean the article can't be written. What I would suggest is that you go through steps one and two above, check the band's notability and collect a number of reliable sources for the relevant information, and then get another editor to write the article for you. The editors who hang out at Portal:Music would be a good choice, as would anyone involved in Portal:Music of Canada. You can leave them a message on the relevant talk page - click 'discussion' at the top of the page to find it. Be warned, though, you really will need to establish the notability and reliability of your sources before asking for an article.

I hope this information helps you. Best of luck. - Cucumber Mike (talk) 10:33, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Big Brown "Band-Aid"-looking things on divers' bodies

Watching diving right now. He Zi has one on one of her thighs. Wu Mingxia has two on her lower back. What are they and what's the purpose? 67.163.109.173 (talk) 23:46, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

See Elastic therapeutic tape, more commonly called k-tape for kinesiology tape. --Jayron32 04:19, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

So it's supposed to contract the area it's stuck to to take the load off of the underlying muscle whose job it is to contract that area usually? I guess I could see the lower back needing that, but as for the thigh, most peoples' legs are naturally in the straight-leg position, such as while standing. Not saying I know better, which of course I don't. Just not understanding the need to help contract one's quadriceps. 20.137.18.53 (talk) 11:51, 6 August 2012 (UTC)