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== Proposed work ==

I think this article could easily be a [[WP:GAN|Good article candidate]], so to get there I propose we work on the following things:
# '''References.'''
## What few inline citations exist, are pretty uneven.
## There are big chunks of the article with no citations at all.
## The principal reference works are under-utilised: Herbert ''The Trombone'' (2006); Guion ''History of the Trombone'', 2010; Yeo ''Illustrated Dictionary'', 2021; ''Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments''; even Bevan ''Tuba Family'' (2000). I think we ought to make more use of them, using the {{tl|sfn}} template which can link to the existing references in the [[Trombone#Further reading|§ Further reading]] section, which we could also consider renaming to "Bibliography".
# '''Reduce repetition.''' There is a lot of it, some left over from merging back the content from [[Types of trombone]].
## <s>In particular, I think the [[Trombone#Construction|§ Construction]] and [[Trombone#Variations in construction|§ Variations in construction]] sections should be merged/rationalised.</s> {{done|Dec 2024}}
## <s>Similarly, the [[Trombone#F attachment|§ F attachment]] and [[Trombone#Valve attachments|§ Valve attachments]] sections have a lot of overlap.</s> {{done|Dec 2024}}
## There is also pertinent material in other articles (some of which also need work!) which could be summarised here: [[Axial flow valve]], [[Hagmann valve]], [[Brass instrument valve]], [[piston valve]], [[rotary valve]].
## The history section needs to be rewritten (with citations, from reliable sources). It is currently partitioned into centuries, and then each by ensemble/genre, which is very fragmented.
# '''Improve coverage.'''
## The [[sackbut]] article, quite apart from requiring a lot of work with de-fluffing and lack of citations, probably should be merged into the §History section here. It's not really a separate instrument (Herbert 2006, ff.)
## The [[Trombone#Didactics|§ Didactics]] section could be considerably expanded. Currently it only mentions short-slide models for children; there is a vast amount of pedagogical material out there. Secondly, I had to look up what "didactics" meant, and I've taught in secondary schools :-) Maybe it's a common term in North America? Perhaps we could consider renaming it to "Pedagogy" or perhaps even "Didactics and pedagogy". Just a thought.
## Jazz: history, music, musicians, images, groups, instrument adaptations - more please!
# '''Order of sections.''' Should we have the Construction section ''before'' or ''after'' the History section? How do other reference works arrange their articles (e.g. [[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|Grove]])? I haven't checked yet, but perhaps we can look at other B, A and GA rated articles in [[:Category:Musical instruments]] and arrive at a consensus.
#: Thoughts on this, anyone? I'm inclined to put §History before §Construction, which seems to be what other articles do.
# '''Length.''' This article is long. It's current length is mainly because it needs a good copy edit.
## There's too much unnecessary detail in some places (e.g. valve attachments, techniques) and not enough in others (use in jazz and popular music), notwithstanding eliminating repetition (see above). I actually think it could and should be ''longer'', because there's quite a few interesting things not being covered!
## [[WP:BROCHURE|Wikipedia is not a sales brochure]]. External links to manufacturers, promotional sites, blogs, etc. with no reference citation value. There has been a good deal of tidy up recently which is good, but we could probably do a bit more.
## [[WP:NOTTEXTBOOK|Wikipedia is not a text book]]. Some bits of the article read a bit like a method book detailing how to actually ''play'' the trombone, rather than keeping to an encyclopædic explanatory overview of the same concepts. This is also not as bad as it was 2-3 years ago when I first dug in here :)
# '''Nice extras.'''
## We could make more use of the [[Help:Score|Score]] extension for music snippets.
## <s>Photos. More photos! I have tried to track down and categorise more images on Commons for the other trombone articles ([[bass trombone]], [[contrabass trombone]], [[soprano trombone]], etc.) and upload some nice new ones (many thanks to Daniel from [https://www.swisstbone.com/ swisstbone.com] and the various museums who are CC-licensing their online images, for instance!) but I think this article needs more.</s> {{done|Dec 2024 (for now)}}
## Sound samples. I need to get behind some of my horns and record some excerpts. This takes time to brush up and practice, which I'm a bit slammed for at the moment, but if someone else wants to have a go, awesome :-) (personally, I'd really like to dust the contra off and record the Spear for the Lilypond snippet on the [[contrabass trombone]] article.)
Anyway, those are my thoughts. Over the next month or two I'm going to be slowly picking away at these. Please absolutely wade in below with your thoughts, objections, withering criticism, amazing resources you've found, etc. or feel free to ping me on [https://trombonechat.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=15591 Trombone Chat] if you're on there (which is another absolute goldmine of information). Cheers, and may {{lang|de|Die Posaunengötter}} be with you! — [[User:Jonathanischoice|Jon]] ([[User talk:Jonathanischoice|talk]]) 04:28, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
:I'd just note that the "use in jazz" section as it now stands is extremely thin, weak, and inaccurate. [[User:JohnMason|JohnMason]] ([[User talk:JohnMason|talk]]) 22:43, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
: Other than some minor copy-editing and finding some better photos, I haven't been able to do as much work as I thought. I might take this on over the Christmas break! — [[User:Jonathanischoice|Jon]] ([[User talk:Jonathanischoice|talk]]) 04:07, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

== How do I review the pending changes? ==

There are some good additions from @[[User:Paweł Małecki|Paweł Małecki]], how do I "approve" them? — [[User:Jonathanischoice|Jon]] ([[User talk:Jonathanischoice|talk]]) 09:52, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
:{{u|Jonathanischoice}}, you can not review the pending changes, that requires the user right: [[WP:Pending changes|pending changes reviewer right]]. You easily qualify—if you just ask using the info in the link. I looked at the articles you edited and I will go ahead and approve the edit based on your request. — [[User:Neonorange|<span style="color:orange">'''N'''</span>'''eonorange''']] ([[User talk:Neonorange|talk to Phil]]) (he, they) 10:08, 17 May 2024 (UTC) —
:{{u|Jonathanischoice}}! Done — [[User:Neonorange|<span style="color:orange">'''N'''</span>'''eonorange''']] ([[User talk:Neonorange|talk to Phil]]) (he, they) 10:11, 17 May 2024 (UTC) —
:{{u|Jonathanischoice}}, here is another link about [[Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes|the reviewing right & how to get it]] — [[User:Neonorange|<span style="color:orange">'''N'''</span>'''eonorange''']] ([[User talk:Neonorange|talk to Phil]]) (he, they) 10:21, 17 May 2024 (UTC) —
::@[[User:Neonorange|Neonorange]] thank you so much! [[User:Jonathanischoice|Jon]] ([[User talk:Jonathanischoice|talk]]) 10:24, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

== "F-attachment" Wikilinks don't work ==

There are lots of Wikilinks to "F-attachment", on the Trombone page and others e.g. Flugelhorn, as if "F-attachment" once had its own page, but they now all redirect to the top of Trombone.  Getting bored with updating them and repeatedly finding more, I tried updating the redirect, but that didn't work.  I don't really know how to fix this; I hope someone else does :-) [[User:Clark42|Clark42]] ([[User talk:Clark42|talk]]) 20:15, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

:Correction - it seems that my change to the F attachment redirect page does work ok now. [[User:Clark42|Clark42]] ([[User talk:Clark42|talk]]) 13:28, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

== Lead section ==

Should we remove foreign language terms from the lead section, because it's like [[WP:UNDUEWEIGHT|undue weight]], and [[WP:USEENGLISH|uses English]]. But it is already exists at the "Etymology" section. [[Special:Contributions/190.119.90.114|190.119.90.114]] ([[User talk:190.119.90.114|talk]]) 04:57, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

:No — [[User:Jonathanischoice|Jon]] ([[User talk:Jonathanischoice|talk]]) 03:38, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

== 20th-century orchestras ==

Since trombones are simply standard in modern orchestras (and compositions), what is that list even adding? [[User:Special-T|Special-T]] ([[User talk:Special-T|talk]]) 13:53, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

:Nothing, I say nuke it. After fluffing about on the periphery instruments, I should really roll my sleeves up and get stuck into this article... there's so much to do (see above). — [[User:Jonathanischoice|Jon]] ([[User talk:Jonathanischoice|talk]]) 03:37, 7 December 2024 (UTC)