Talk:Owsla/Archive 1

Can somebody add The Nest?
The Nest is a new subscription service announced by the nest. Everything you need to know here: https://drip.fm/owsla — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.213.209.229 (talk) 18:07, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

VIP/VIP Mix
Personally I like to refer to them as VIP mixes, because otherwise... VIP what? It emphasises a difference from the original mix, and it's more widely used than simply "VIP". See these references for some decent examples. DJUnBalanced (talk) 20:36, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Release Date Chart "The Nest"
Hi, could please someone edit the Nest section? I'd do it by myself but I don't know how to edit it without screwing the whole layout up. Well, here is the data:

Today (21.01.13) a new release came out: Defiant Order EP by Birdy Nam Nam. The release date of Toys Riot by Teddy Killerz is wrong. The EP will be available on 11.02.13

sincerly, adrian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.171.192.39 (talk) 19:59, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Adrian. Defiant Order is covered under the standard releases section as it comes out worldwide tomorrow. The Nest got it a day early. Toys Riot was originally going to be 2 tracks but they've added one and pushed the release date forward. I'll change the date. Blaise says that Dog Blood are releasing a remix EP with the M Machine remix of Middle Finger too. I will try and update accordingly as more details come up. Thanks for your help! --DJUnBalanced (talk) 20:50, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

So lets get this page straightened out.
Apparently I'm doing this wrong. So let's get correct info on the page.

1.Warner is not OWSLA's parent company. 2.The catalog numbers that do not include OWSLA should be changed, because the current chart implies that these songs are not OWSLA releases when in fact they are. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OwslaHQ (talk • contribs) 00:17, 6 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Please provide some reliable sources to support your claims. Claiming "I work for the company, so I know it" and "Email me" are not classed as reliable sources, as defined by WP:RS. Joseph2302 (talk) 00:19, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

You want a selfie of me at the Nest right now? lol I dont know what you want to prove #1. Owsla is distributed through Atlantic which is owned by Warner. Distribution is not the same as being a "parent" company. And number 2 doesn't even need a source its common sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OwslaHQ (talk • contribs) 00:24, 6 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Any information on Wikipedia needs a source to comply with Wikipedia's Verifiability policy, its just like Wayne Rooney scoring for Manchester United in a game, many people know he has scored but it still needs to be verified when being mentioned on Wikipedia. TeaLover1996 (talk)  00:27, 6 June 2015 (UTC)


 * No a selfie at the Nest isn't a reliable source of information. Please read WP:RS- only things on that list will be accepted as reliable sources. Newspaper/magazine articles, web content that isn't self-published are all good examples of reliable sources, which is what's required by Wikipedia.
 * Also please sign your posts with 4 tildes ( ~ ). Joseph2302 (talk) 00:28, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Joseph2302, the source listed does not say that the parent company is Warner, you seem to have it backwards. The proof needs to be that the parent is Warner. If the information is wrong, it can be contested and removed. The fact that he does not know all of the rules does not mean much. I doubt there is an article stating that the company is not owned by Warner, who would write articles about companies that are not parent companies of other companies? It seems he is learning the rules which is why he is commenting on this page. I am removing the section until a valid source says "Warner is the parent company of OWSLA" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jadeslair (talk • contribs) 00:34, 6 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Turns out the source,, doesn't actually say they're owned by Warner Group, in which case I apologise, OwslaHQ was right to remove it. Joseph2302 (talk) 00:42, 6 June 2015 (UTC)


 * And once I reread it, I noticed this line at the bottom: "Atlantic Records and its affiliated labels would like to congratulate…"[emphasis added] Not subsidiary labels, but affiliated. Good call on there not being any ownership indicated there. —C.Fred (talk) 00:49, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Are we all in agreement then? Warner stays off? Jadeslair (talk) 00:56, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'm happy with that, and you, TeaLover, C.Fred and OwslaHQ all agree it shouldn't be there. Thank you for the due diligence of actually checking the source. Joseph2302 (talk) 01:01, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

literally O.W.S.L.A
does the o.w.s.l, or the a like, stand for something? didn't see that info in the article? can we find it out & add that info? thanks. see Acronym. Tangy 303 Mamet Sauce (talk) 21:58, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Fairly sure owsla is a reference to Watership Down, being a form of group in the book. Sciencegey (talk) 23:12, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Artist list
I agree with this edit by that the list of artists is not really needed so I have removed it again. The same artists are mentioned in the releases section and Wikipedia articles are not intended to be a directory of names. As it is, the article already is almost one long list of names/albums which probably should be trimmed to down to eliminate any artist/album without a stand-alone article or which is not supported by a reliable source of some kind per WP:LSC. Major artists of the label could probably be described in text in another section per WP:PROSE, but simply adding list after list of names makes the article more like a PR page for the label than something suitable for an encyclopedia in my opinion. The article has been tagged with Template:Refimprove since 2012, so instead of adding more and unsourced information to the article, it would be better to try to improve the quality of the article by subtracting out all the promotional unsourced stuff and finding better sources about the label itself for the main part of the article at the beginning. Maybe the discography section could be split off into its own list article if enough sources can be found per WP:SAL.

You're welcome to discuss things here and clarify why this information should be included. You're not leaving any edit sums for your edits. In fact, it looks like you've never left an any edit sum for any of the 620 edits you've made since you started editing in at the end of July 2016. Edit sums and talk pages are how Wikipedia editors communicate with one another to discuss ways to improve the article and establish a consensus on how to best do that. Your choice of username already gives the impression that you may have a conflict of interest with respect to OWSLA so it would be helpful to other editors if you could try to explain why you're making a certain edit and which policy/guideline you're basing the edit on. -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:00, 5 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Here's a list of artists on the official OWSLA website . I don't see any reason for the artist list to be removed as that's typically the main part of a label's article.

- ReZawler (talk • contribs) 09:57, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Unsourced table
Moved this here per WP:PRESERVE; the table is unsourced, and per WP:PROMO WP is not webhost for this label. per WP:BURDEN do not restore without providing independent, reliable sources:


 * Releases


 * OWSLA Releases


 * OWSLA/NEST Releases


 * OWSLA IV Exclusives


 * Notes


 * A Denotes a release with bonus tracks available exclusively on Drip.fm.

-- Jytdog (talk) 04:13, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree with this removal. Most of the content appears to be added by employees who seem to misunderstand that the article is not about promoting or being a catalog for the label's artists or releases. One in particular,, has been advised about this at User talk:OWSLAjosh666, but has made no attempt to discuss things. The COI issue was brought up at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 109, but it got archived without being resolved.
 * I think it might be helpful to collapse the table just to make it easier to follow this discussion without having to do so much scrolling. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:24, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

unsourced filmography
The bit below is unsourced; moved here per WP:PRESERVE. Per WP:BURDEN do not restore without providing a reliable source.


 * Filmography
 * Wiwek & Skrillex: Still in the Cage (2016) directed by Jonathan Desbiens

-- Jytdog (talk) 04:16, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

SPS section
The following section is sourced entirely to SPS and is promotional; WP is not webhost for this label.


 * OWSLA IV

On 12 December 2012, OWSLA launched their subscription program, "The Nest" later named "OWSLA IV" to distinguish it from the blog "Nest HQ". This subscription is exclusive via drip.fm. Other participating labels include Mad Decent and Fool's Gold Records. The program allows monthly subscribers to early access or exclusive tracks and remixes, remix stems, DJ sets, discounts, and other rare/exclusive items.

-- Jytdog (talk) 04:18, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

OWSLA Releases section
Wikipedia does not encourage list cruft like this, if we want to know the complete list of releases we can visit their website. Theroadislong (talk) 08:19, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Requested move 28 September 2018

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: moved (page mover nac) Flooded  with them hundreds  10:00, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

– Per WP:ALLCAPS, MOS:TMCAPS and MOS:TMRULES. The name is not an acronym and therefore a capital letter stylisation which must be omitted.  Lazz _R  14:13, 28 September 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:00, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
 * OWSLA → Owsla
 * OWSLA discography → Owsla discography
 * Support not an acronym In ictu oculi (talk) 20:17, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Support per MOS:TMRULES. "Owsla" is not an acronym. —  Newslinger  talk   10:01, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Support, no stylisation caps please. aNode   (discuss)  07:07, 11 October 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it.</b> Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

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Current & Former Artists?
Taking a quick glance at the Owsla official page artist roster, it only appears there are less than 10 artists currently signed to the label.

Seems disingenuous to list dozens of artists if most of them are former. Anyone find secondary source confirming current artist roster elsewhere on the web?

Mistamystery (talk) 21:07, 1 September 2023 (UTC)