Talk:Shawn Colvin

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This article states that Shawn Colvin is a songwriter but cites no songs she has written nor any artist whom she's written for. Dangnad (talk) 20:27, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

These sources do not ever belong in External links. I have moved the link farm from there to this talk page where they do belong. Warning: I didn't check them over, so be careful in choosing any references here. Thank you! --Leahtwosaints (talk) 15:03, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Shawn Colvin at
  IMDb
• Bio at Rock On the Net
• Public radio interviews

Hi Leah, While agree with you that the EL section should not be a link farm,

Yes. I think this article, I may have pushed too hard in haste. I've been trying to "revisit" articles where I've placed photos, adding the link to their Category in Wikimedia Commons, if there is one. In doing so, I keep finding all kinds of *stuff* in External sections-- a smorgasbord of sources, fan sites, and useful, notable sites all jumbled together. The reason they don't belong there is to keep the page pristine, and unused stuff should be here, and when I notice all that stuff and I'm there already-- I just can't leave all that stuff there, and if it's notable, editors can find refs here but don't have the time to weed out what may be a good reference or not; bummer. Anyway, this article I rushed through. My apologies. Thanks. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 10:31, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, thanks for being so humble in your response. I agree that many of the articles on music and movie stars tend to have a lot of fan junk in them and often need clean up. Like you, I am pretty aggressive in that area because it happens so often. And its easy to make an error. The main thing is that we are here contributing to the project in a constructive way :-) -- — Keithbob • Talk • 12:23, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Split I think the discography section is large and should be split off. Thoughts?--Jax 0677 (talk) 05:51, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

By normal Wiki standards (word count) a fork is not warranted and I don't feel the disco section is overly long. Can you explain further why you feel a split is needed? Best, -- — Keithbob • Talk • 18:52, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have been told that if a Discography section is almost half of the article, that it may be recommended to split it off.--Jax 0677 (talk) 16:26, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK, we should see if that's a guideline or policy, If so, we should do it, if not I think we may want to leave it. But I'm open to discussion on it.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 00:51, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This content is unsourced and appears to have low notability in the context of the subject's life. However if sources can be found it be added back into the article. Meantime I'm parking it here:

• Colvin has toured as
  TNT
  .

• Colvin appeared on a live tribute album honoring Bob Dylan on October 16, 1992. The double-album featured only three songs by Dylan himself, and Colvin found herself recording alongside many other musicians of note in recognition of Bob Dylan's 30 years as a recording artist. Recorded at
  Mary-Chapin Carpenter. She was part of the group of artists who performed "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." Both songs and additionally a photo of her can be found on Dylan's album, The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
  (Columbia 4740000 2)\

• She also contributed in the studio and onstage to several Bruce Hornsby songs. Colvin appeared on Live from Abbey Road, which aired on Channel 4 in the UK and the Sundance Channel in the USA. Her live session recorded at Abbey Road Studios was shown on an episode with Nerina Pallot, The Zutons and Ray LaMontagne. She also sang "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" with Ernie on Sesame Street. Colvin recorded "Hold On To The Good Things" in 2002 that was played during the ending credits of Stuart Little 2. She also recorded "A Great Big World" which was played in The Little Bear Movie.

• Colvin appeared on two episodes of the
  Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" on the final episode of The Larry Sanders Show. She played country music legend Kitty Wells the film Crazy. Colvin's rendition of "Viva Las Vegas" is heard during the closing credits of the Coen Brothers film, The Big Lebowski. Colvin appeared as herself in an episode of The L Word and on the HBO show, Treme.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 18:02, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply
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