Talk:Art Paul Schlosser

Art is a joke of a musician, he is not a kind person (he sometimes makes degrading comments to passersby...I've heard it and almost kicked his teeth in for it) and most of all I don't think he meets Notability (music) standards for inclusion. His inclusion on the Madison, Wisconsin page degrades the worthiness of true musicans like Leo Sidran, and Clyde Stubblefield.--205.219.133.241 18:59, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The Badger Herald article is the only credible source given thus far and all info not found within it or on one of the acceptable external links (not the open content ones) has been or will be removed.--Hraefen 16:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, I've done what I can to bring this page in line with WP:Verifiability. Some of the other claims made are still pretty questionable, but oh well for now.  Please add credible sources for all information, even if you are are the subject of the article.--Hraefen 16:57, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

If Art is going to on here - may as well add the Piccolo guy (Pat Ryan?). If borderline mental stability coupled with extrovertism is enough to qualify then let's be consistent and add in Piccolo, Scanner Dan and any other local area notable. I agree with other comments that it takes away from the real musical talents Madison has produced or homes.

````Has Pat Ryan toured the United States ? I'm ART PAUL and I've performed in other parts of the USA.I have played on the street in Boulder Colorado and in Seatle Washington and I even played an open mic in Seatle Washington.I also performed in Milwaukee,The Twin Cities and Aurora,Illinoise.Maybe the Piccolo guy is as famous as me I don't know and if you type a page up for him I wouldn't delete it or one for Scanner Dan but did either of them send Dr Demento a CD and get it played on the Funny 5 ? Check it out at http://mypage.iu.edu/~jbmorris/FAQ/drd01.0708.html we are not talking about someone who just wants to be in Wikipedia. I have a song in the Top 15 of the Folk pop section of http://www.mp3tunes.com and a CD in the folk pop top 15 too.My paintings have sold and been mailed all over the USA.But believe me not if you want.I wish when I had been doing this I took better evidence.Well thanks for the fun and have a good week-APSArtpaul 18:20, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

The piccolo guy's name is TOM. And I have to say that the above degrading comments of Art Paul are unfair and mean. Whether he is a "joke of a musician" is a matter of opinion (I personally hate Radiohead--should we delete their page? I've never heard of Leo Sidran or Clyde Stubblefield--should we remove their references?). I have never seen Art Paul be anything but nice, if a bit quirky. And this is Wikipedia, guys. One's inclusion or exclusion on this site is by no means an honor or disgrace. The fact remains that Art Paul is an icon of State Street and people have know about him since the 80s--that earns him a spot; Hitler's on Wikipedia because he's know, not because people love him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FredWallace18@yahoo.com (talk • contribs) 02:07, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Hitler's significance was (and continues to be) international, whereas Schlosser's significance, as far as I can tell, is confined to one, not particularly large, city, and even within that city is not great. (He's someone you'll notice on State Street, if you hang out there long enough; he's not someone you're likely to read about in the local newspaper or see on local television or someone who has any noticeable effect on local politics or culture, but let's not stress this point; the crucial point is that Schlosser's significance, such as it may be, appears to be strictly local.) It's hard for me to agree that "[playing] on the street in Boulder Colorado and in Seatle Washington and...even [!] [playing] an open mic in Seatle Washington" or "[sending] Dr Demento a CD and [getting] it played on the Funny 5" constitutes more than very marginal non-local notability. (Neither should the subject be blowing his own horn--kazoo?--here, but that's another matter.) TheScotch (talk) 18:44, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Madison characters, continued.
Just for the record, it's my impression that "the piccolo guy" is much more commonly known as The Orange Guy. He does have a reasonable degree of technique on his instrument (yes, the piccolo). He's also perfectly pleasant and articulate.TheScotch (talk) 08:28, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

neutrality
who say's he's comical? this should be an encyclopaedic article. he's a comedic musician, but you can't state he is comical. this needs to be kept impartial. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 20:32, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Subject of the article as editor
As I understand it, Wikipedia discourages the subjects of biographical articles from editing those articles. It appears that the subject of this article has edited it extensively and contributed to the talk page as well. Should he be advised to desist? TheScotch (talk) 11:27, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Notability
I've yet to see convincing evidence that the subject is notable outside Madison, Wisconsin. One very brief appearance on a talent show and a few spots on a novelty radio show don't strike me as particularly significant. TheScotch (talk) 11:33, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

PROD
Not really appropriate to PROD and article that has closed as Keep at AFD even if it was over 7 years ago.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:30, 26 February 2013 (UTC)


 * English is a perfectly fine language. Try using it. TheScotch (talk) 11:06, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

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