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Tidy Up

A number of sections seem untidy and the article could do with a general tidy up.

My Name is Andy Tillison and I have been the leader of the band "The Tangent" for 8 years. The article about the band "The Tangent" has been written by persons unknown to me. My personal feelings on the article are that it is rather anecdotal, and around 75 percent bloated. I would rather see a factual account of the band if such an article has to be on Wikipedia at all, and although I am personally proud of the band's achievements, I don't personally consider any of them of sufficient weight for an encyclopedia yet.

I am not, and never have been a Wikipedia editor and have no plans to be one as yet. I would be obliged if a good editor were to remove the article already present and if a replacement is thought necessary, it should be formed of a catalogue of our releases and the briefest of histories at the very most.

I abhor the usage of facilities such as Wikipedia for the promotion of bands.

Andy Tillison —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.248.54 (talk) 16:58, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Notability guidelines met?

@Narky Blert: I see you added the notability tag in January. In my opinion the guidelines are met for the reasons below. I've already removed the tag, but I'm a rookie editor and I'm not sure I did the right thing! Pinging you to ask you to check my reasoning and see whether you agree.

1. Many records on Inside Out, which I believe is the most prestigious prog rock label (featuring Dream Theater, Haken, Devin Townsend, etc.)

2. Former members include prominent musicians like Roine Stolt and Gavin Harrison

While I have you here: looks like Andy himself commented in 2010 (shortly after the COI tag was added) and claims not to have edited the page. Are we good to remove that tag as well?

Chikinn (talk) 01:43, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]