Hi all,

I've created and/or extended a few wikipedia pages over the years and not encountered many problems at all from vandals etc. - list of music-related ones here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tony_1212

the only thing I have found is satisfying WP's criteria for "notability" which is more difficult for folk rather than mainstream artists (no/fewer chart placings etc...) - but generally OK once you can chase a few independent published articles about the subject.

I also have started digitising and uploading some of my folk-related photos (also shown at the link above) for the articles via wikimedia commons, since I am happy to put them into the public domain for others to use without needing to consult me - better that than staying in albums that will go to the tip when I am gone! (plus I never thought of them as a revenue stream).

I have had a small number of bad experiences with the odd pedantic or disagreeable WP contributor but not enough to lose sleep over. In general I am happy to contribute for so long as I feel my efforts are making a small improvement to the general WP coverage and might be appreciated by others I may never meet.

- Tony