Talk:People's Choir of Oakland

The question of notability
Just as the mother of a new born baby is the person least qualified to assess how pretty it is, the creator of a Wikipedia article isn't the best judge of whether its place in the encyclopaedia is deserved. But for what it's worth, I hope that anyone considering obliterating this piece on account of Wikipedia's general notability guidelines will pause for a moment before they press the kill switch.

It's true that the People's Choir of Oakland has so far been overlooked by traditional newspapers and broadcasters, but I think that this should be seen in the context of a fundamental shift in the way in which the media cover classical music in general. A few decades ago, even local newspapers used to employ specialist classical music journalists who were allowed to explore the field in real depth. Today, the mainstream media seem to regard classical music as something as marginal as Klingon. Authoritative websites like Fred Plotkin's, Angel Blue's and San Francisco Classical Voice have stepped into the void left by the atrophying of traditional classical music journalism and are, in effect, the classical music columns of the digital age. In my opinion, they're sources every bit as reliable as their analogue predecessors, and we should esteem them just as highly. Niggle1892 (talk) 07:24, 2 August 2021 (UTC)