Talk:Rent party

I changed it because

1) It's odd to have a dictionary definition in the article. I don't see that in a lot of other articles. It's also contradictory to other disctionary definitions. Webster's says "Skiffle" is music, played at Rent Partys. Should we add that definition too?

I have put derivations and etymologies from the OED in lots of articles. We don't like having simple dictionary definitions posing as articles, but there is nothing wrong with explaining where words come from. See Bridge. It certainly is incorrect to remove valuable information from any article. If you want to add something, add it and see what survives the editing process. I can't find the rent-party/skiffle connection in the two Webster's I have here, but I see no reason you shouldn't add it. That's why I put the OED information in here that you took out. After you took that information out you then incorrectly stated that Fats Waller and the others mentioned in the article played skiffle music, which they did not. (You also added a grammatical error.)

2) the link to Skiffle Music isn't even talking about music. People clicking on the link are going to have no idea where they are going.

I added a separate link to Skiffle music because I saw that you were confused about that. Skiffle music is about music, and nothing else. Rent party is about music. Skiffle means "rent party". It all fits together and is hyperlinked so that people can follow it. There are also links to Jug band in the Skiffle music article.Ortolan88