Talk:DJ Sharaz

This page was proposed for deletion by Redmarkviolinist (talk · contribs) on 29 December 2013 with the comment:
Can't find anything that makes him notable.
It was contested by 108.9.22.244 (talk · contribs) on 2013-12-29 with the comment:
Artist in question has, without question, impacted the genre he is associated with. Above others in this style, few have IDMA nominations nor remix appearances on Billboard. Artist may not be notable to researcher but is notable to fans of this style.

This article was nominated for deletion on 11 January 2014. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

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Why does this keep getting deleted? ~

It does not meet the notability criteria for musicians. Radiodef (talk) 06:02, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Read the wiki guidelines and criteria, yes it does. Undone again. Please stop defacing this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.9.22.244 (talk) 14:44, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Adding these templates is not a form of vandalism. By contrast, removing an AFD template is disruptive and you can not do that. Radiodef (talk) 22:04, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

RedMarkViolinist[edit]

This is getting ridiculous. You've provided no suggestions for improvement, only entire removal. The reason your flag keeps getting removed is due to the fact you are not doing much in the way of research. Look up the artist on MTV.com perhaps? Pandora or Spotify? In the future, it would be more constructive to provide examples of what you consider to be "self-promoting", rather than suggesting the entire article be nuked. This article has been here longer than you have been a Wikipedia member. Also, if you are going to object so vehemently to the inclusion of this artist's name on an unauthorized photo wrongly tagged as Creative Commons, please either attribute the photo, or remove this artist's likeness from the wiki electronic dance music page and replace it with something/someone else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.9.22.244 (talk) 16:58, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions for improvement: find a single, reliable, third party reference of something that this DJ has done notable.

1. Reference #2 is broken. 2. Reference #3 is a CD tracklist, with one remix by the said artist. 3. Reference #4 and #5 mention him in a long list, but doesn't provide with any information that this artist has done anything notable. 4. Reference #6: see reference #3. 5. Reference #7 is an image that doesn't even mention DJ Sharaz. 6. Reference #8 is the ONLY source that can even be considered reputable, but not enough that I personally think it can justify an entire article about the person, much less the picture placed on the EDM page for sole self-promotion, when there are many more notable EDM DJ's with photos from the Creative Commons that would be more beneficial to the article. 7. The final reference is just a link to the artist's Soundcloud.

And finally, you can't remove flags. ṜedMarkViolinist^{Drop me a line} 08:49, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You really don't want to do any research, only nuke the page, don't you? His contributions to that "long list" in 4 & 5 are noted with BMI. Look them up as they are one of the two largest music publishing companies in the world - as a co producer to these songs (including the Fierce Ruling Diva track) mentioned, you missed #9 being nominated alongside Jamiroquai and Fedde La Grande (both with pages here). #8 substantiates #7 as proof of chart position so that is moot. The references are merely to substantiate claims as to volume of work, not as a claim to notability, and were added only after the page was flagged to do so MANY YEARS AGO. You really should do some actual research prior to attempting to delete things, this page has been here for a while. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.9.22.244 (talk) 20:42, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reference #2 repaired. Please ask next time, or do a simple search, rather than vandalizing the page. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.9.22.244 (talk) 20:53, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I hate to break it to you, but placing a PROD tag is not vandalizing.I do however, suggest you read [1]. ṜedMarkViolinist^{Drop me a line} 22:29, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Objection to Deletion[edit]

Consider this my objection to deletion. To say this performer is not notable is a little heavy handed. 67.190.202.71 (talk) 01:03, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you have rationale that's not basically your opinion, please bring it to the the deletion discussion. Radiodef (talk) 02:13, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Consider this another objection to deletion for many of the reasons "unsigned" noted. Rather than repeat what has already been said here. I've followed this artist for nearly 15 years and to say he's not "notable" in this style is pretty bold. I'll contribute more to the deletion discussion, but consider my vote a very strong NO. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sotoma665 (talk • contribs) 14:16, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Defacement and contact information, please..[edit]

I would like to know who we readers can contact with regard to RadioDef and RedMarkViolin and their earlier vandalism of this page. I'd still like to find out if 1) they are both the same individual and 2) why they didn't reinstate relevant information they gratuitously deleted for no reason whatsoever. I guess we will have to reinstate this ourselves? These two wasted a lot of peoples' valuable time and I really hope there's some kind of a reporting system within WP for editor behavior. Not a WP expert so any help will be appreciated as I'd really like to pursue this. Thank you. 108.9.22.244 (talk) 20:03, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. The best place for your query would probably be Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. While it is possible to determine if two user accounts are really the same person, investigations like that are only done in extraordinary situations. May I suggest that you create an account yourself, because then you will have a talk page and it will be easier to communicate with you. An article's talk page isn't really the right place for that. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:25, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you RoySmith . I would have thanked you earlier but life gets busy occasionally and I haven't been able to get on WP in a while. Duly noted on signing up for an account, thanks again. 108.9.22.244 (talk) 04:11, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]