Talk:Shawn Colvin

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, WP:ELYES says its OK to link to: "Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks), or other reasons. I'm not a fan of IMDB but I would think that the link for the NPR interviews would qualify under this guideline. Also the Rock on The Net link gives a lot of info in a timeline format that would be a useful resource to someone wanting a concise overview. Thoughts? -- — Keithbob • Talk • 18:24, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

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 Richard Thompson's opening act and back-up singer. She was a guest vocalist on the Lisa Loeb single "Falling in Love". Colvin's song Nothin' on Me was the theme song for the Brooke Shields situation comedy Suddenly Susan. She also has been featured on the live music show and played at . She appeared in a 2001 tribute to Joni Mitchell that was broadcast on 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 Madison Square Garden in New York city. She performed "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" with Rosanne Cash and 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 The Larry Sanders Show and played the song "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

Is she just fantasizing that she is Italian, given those two guys' names that she married for VERY short periods of less than five years each? Seems odd, uncommon, and unusual in the extreme, and certainly worthy of note. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starhistory22 (talk • contribs) 01:31, 29 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Am I crazy to say that Ol' Dirty Bastard aka Dirt McGirt aka Joe Bananas aka Big Baby Jesus should be mentioned for interrupting her during her Grammy acceptance speech?