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[edit] Notability

In accordance with WP:Notability (music) Drapht satisfies the notability criteria, in that:

1. He has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician/ensemble
2. He has been on several national tours of Australia
3. He has released two or more albums on a notable indie label (Obese Records).
4. He is a prominent representative of a notable style in Perth
5. He has been nominated for a major music award (Western Australian Music Awards 2007).
6. He has been placed in rotation nationally by a major radio network (Triple J and rage).

Dan arndt 02:18, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

• Regarding your list:
  1. Not shown in the article (none of the meager references given are "non-trivial published works...")
  2. The tour needs to be "reported in reliable sources"
  3. The indie label needs "a roster of performers, many of which are notable" — while there are articles on a number of Obese artists, the only one that claims any kind of sales success is Hilltop Hoodz; many of the articles, like Drapht, are of dubious notability (see my comment below).
  4. The criterion is "the most prominent representative of a notable style or of the local scene of a city"
  5. A regional award is not on par with the awards listed in criterion #7 (examples listed are all national awards).
  6. The article doesn't claim rotation, the article claims airplay (not the same thing) and there's no reference backing even that claim up.

In short, it appears on the surface that someone looking to promote Obese record artists (either a fan or perhaps someone from the label) has put quite a few articles up with claims of notability (some just barely) with no verifiable references from reliable sources. The whole issue of notabilty for the label and artists becomes circular: "Of course the label's notable—look how many artists have articles. Yes, the artists are notable—their albums are on a notable indie." Precious Roy 09:45, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Please don't insinuate anything about me unless you know me Precious Roy - I am not going around promoting Obese record artists if you check my contributions - what I am trying to do is expand articles (generally australian music articles) accross the board, instead of going around deleting articles. Dan arndt (talk) 08:30, 29 January 2008 (UTC)