Draft:Berkeley Festival and Exhibition
Review waiting, please be patient.
This may take 3 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 3,107 pending submissions waiting for review.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Reviewer tools
|
Submission declined on 5 February 2024 by S0091 (talk). This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of events). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia. This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
This draft has been resubmitted and is currently awaiting re-review. |
Submission declined on 31 December 2023 by DoubleGrazing (talk). This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources. Declined by DoubleGrazing 5 months ago. |
Submission declined on 25 December 2023 by Relativity (talk). This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of events). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia. This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies. Declined by Relativity 5 months ago. |
Submission declined on 22 December 2023 by Qcne (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are: Declined by Qcne 5 months ago.
|
- Comment: The NYT piece is solid but the San Francisco Early Music Society is a primary source and not independent so should only be used very sparingly, if not avoided. Routine announcements are not helpful though they can be used to verify basic facts. American Recorder is quite niche. If you can clean up the prose to remove the promotional language and find one more source with in-depth coverage, it should pass. S0091 (talk) 18:15, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Although inline references are not strictly speaking required for articles on topics such as this, they are nevertheless very much preferred, as they, and only, show clearly where each piece of information comes from. And they are required, per WP:REF, with anything potentially contentious, such as peacocky statements like
"events were renowned for innovation"
(who says?) or"gave a sense of ownership to varied segments of the community"
(ditto). In short, please use inline citations, preferably throughout; see WP:REFB and WP:ILC for advice. DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: Sentences like "Today, the BFX festival has become one of the world’s largest and most important early music conclaves" read like a promotional piece. Also, for this draft, you do not need to place any words in boldface other than the main subject. You also should not have an external link to the official website in the article body (see WP:ELOFFICIAL) Relativity 21:10, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: We'd need one or two more independent reliable sources. Plus I'd also recommend using in-line citations. Qcne (talk) 21:42, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
Berkeley Festival and Exhibition | |
---|---|
Genre | Early Music |
Dates | June every other year |
Location(s) | San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States |
Years active | 1990-present |
Organised by | SFEMS |
Website | berkeleyfestival |
The Berkeley Festival and Exhibition (BFX) is a week long, biennial early music festival held in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, United States.[1] BFX is currently produced by the non-profit organization San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS).
Founded in 1990 by Robert Cole, then-director of Cal Performances, the festival started as a mirror event to take place during Boston Early Music Festival and Exhibition's off-years at the University of California, Berkeley.[2][3] The event promotes historically informed performance,[4] focuses on the works from the Medieval, Renaissance, and baroque periods, and features local and international performers.[5]
Beyond the main stage and exhibitions, the Berkeley Early Music Festival promotes community participants through its "Fringe" program. The Fringe is a platform for self-produced concerts by Bay Area soloists and ensembles, and provides a performance outlet for a diverse range of artists, including recreational and educational groups, amateurs, pre-professionals, and rising stars.
In 2004 and 2008, during periods of financial stress, the California state's university system (Cal Performances' underwriter and the festival primary sponsor) was forced to withdraw. The festival experienced a downturn. The increased costs to use campus room forced all events (main, fringe and exhibition) to move off-campus to venues like the First Congregational Church of Berkeley. Later, the larger-scale productions were put on hold[6].
Today, the festival's main stage is still in Berkeley, California. Exhibitions and marketplace for period instruments, special events, as well as the fringe are also held in the nearby cities of San Francisco[7] or Palo Alto.
References[edit]
- ^ Rothstein, Edward (1992-06-15). "Review/Music; Heralded in Celebration, A Maturing Movement". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ Rockwell, John (1990-06-24). "Reviews/Music; Rarities Of 1700's In Berkeley Festival". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ Dulak, Michelle (2000-06-25). "MUSIC; In Early Music, an End of Hostilities". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ Swed, Mark (2000-06-12). "Horse Ballet 'Carrousel' Prances Through Festival". The Los Angeles Times. p. 60. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ Freymann, Jeffrey (2018-05-30). "'Early Music' Redefined in Berkeley". Classical KDFC. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ https://americanrecorder.org/docs/BFXforWWW18.pdf
- ^ "SFCM Brings Berkeley Early Music Festival to the City for the First Time | SFCM". sfcm.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
External Links[edit]
- Draft articles on media
- AfC submissions on media
- Pending AfC submissions
- AfC pending submissions by age/6 weeks ago
- AfC submissions by date/21 April 2024
- AfC submissions by date/01 January 2024
- AfC submissions by date/31 December 2023
- AfC submissions by date/23 December 2023
- AfC submissions by date/22 December 2023