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Louisiana Jazz & Heritage Festival

I attended this festival from 1973-1978 and back then it was known as the "Louisiana Jazz & Heritage Festival". I assume it was called that because a good share of the acts were Cajun. However, not all of the acts were from Louisiana. Also, up to 1978 it was never widely known as "JazzFest".Dangnad (talk) 06:06, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think there could me more info added about indigenous music and the stages as well. Luliloisel (talk) 00:57, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relevant Sources

"Jazz and Revival."

Porter, Eric (2009). "Jazz and Revival". American Quarterly. 61 (3): 593–613. ISSN 1080-6490.

"Callalo."

Rowell, Charles H.; Edwards, Louis (2006). "Louis Edwards". Callaloo. 29 (4): 1301–1306. doi:10.1353/cal.2007.0063. ISSN 1080-6512.

"New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive."

Miller, Shani (2019-04-03). "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive". Music Reference Services Quarterly. 22 (1–2): 80–85. doi:10.1080/10588167.2019.1606181. ISSN 1058-8167.

"The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Foundation."

Morris, Rebecca (12/2010). "The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Foundation". University of New Orleans. Check date values in: |date= (help)

"Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival."

Spera, Keith (2019). Jazz Fest: The First 50 Years. WASHINGTON, DC: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. ISBN 978-0-9704942-9-0.

Luliloisel (talk) 20:50, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by Narutolovehinata5 (talk) 01:23, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Was ineligible for DYK at the time of the nomination, and concerns were never addressed.

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... that the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is one of the largest festivals in the United States? It is an annual festival that celebrates the city's music, art, culture, and heritage.[1]

Created by Whodatmom (talk), Luliloisel (talk), and AlexisReed (talk). Nominated by Whodatmom (talk) at 03:03, 9 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi, welcome to DYK. I'm sorry to tell you that the page doesn't meet DYK requirements. It needs to have been a five-fold expansion, and going from 11,000 to 17,000 characters of readable prose—which does not include bullet points—does not qualify. I see you're working on this article for a class at UNO. I'm reading over this right now, and I have a few non-DYK thoughts that I feel may be of use to you:

The article is excessively detailed and contains details that are useful only to the most niche portions of the festival. Read Wikipedia:Too much detail.
Part of the problem is that the article now has a lot of lists which I would probably remove. Most of our articles are primarily prose, not a list, because it's easier to read that way and creates a more encyclopedic end product.
Some additions may be excessively promotional in nature.

@Whodatmom, Luliloisel, and AlexisReed: While I have to deny the nomination, I've also asked a couple of editors to give you feedback on the talk page and suggestions to make your contributions integrate better with the encyclopedia as a whole. Hopefully my comments and theirs will assist in the improvement process. If you have further questions, I'm more than willing to provide guidance as well. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 01:58, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Nominator is a WikiEd student editor for the Spring 2021 term at University of New Orleans. (course link) Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 02:45, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Article needs massive cleanup

This article was made into a mess by a couple of students, it would be nice if someone copyedited it. Pink Saffron (talk) 20:58, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've tweaked the lead a bit, added some info about the Festival's first-ever cancellation/rescheduling because of COVID-19, and will focus on the body text later today as time permits. Atsme 💬 📧 15:59, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for cleaning this article up for us. We felt we added so much more to it than the original article. It was our first time working with Wiki so we had a lot to learn.Whodatmom (talk) 23:53, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You are very welcome. It was actually my pleasure as well as a learning experience relative to the Festival & all the wonderful work the Foundation is doing (says this avid Jazz fan 🎺🎶). Atsme 💬 📧 01:22, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Whodatmom: Glad to hear this. I also contributed a couple sources myself, but I don't have any historic New Orleans newspapers prior to about the late 1980s or early 1990s. If you ever want to do more work on Wikipedia articles, I would be more than glad to assist — you can contact me on my user talk page! Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:54, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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