Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DJ Dougal


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The result was keep. John254 00:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

DJ Dougal

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This is a living person biography. The only source provided, discogs.com, is questionable as it is an open-directory style database which accepts user submissions in the same way that Wikipedia does. I'm not comfortable that this meets the standards in WP:BLP and wanted to bring it forward for community discussion. No vote as nominator. (jarbarf) (talk) 16:42, 27 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.   — Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 17:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep I had to provide those references today at short notice due to the constant vandalism and editors scrapping most of the article. If you're into happy hardcore, you would definitely know who Dougal is. All discogs additions are approved by administrators before they are inputted fully. The records DO exist. Technohead1980 (talk) 17:59, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The existence of recordings alone is not sufficient for the purposes of the encyclopedia, please review WP:MUSIC and Reliable sources for assistance in this regard. (jarbarf) (talk) 21:41, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I have just looked on WP:MUSIC and, according to the section "Criteria for musicians and ensembles", number 3 states that an artist can be included if he / she "Has had a record certified gold or higher in at least one country". The Bonkers 3 compilation, of which Dougal was one of the contributors, went gold in the UK and a special edition of the compilation was released to commemorate it: . Technohead1980 (talk) 22:23, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I have found another criterion that he satisfies. Number 2 states "Has had a charted hit on any national music chart". My records don't go back that far but on the chart dated 30th September 2006, his single Frantic reached 36 on the UK indie chart. Further more, up to the end of 2003, 5 of the Bonkers compilations that he has released have gone top 20 on the UK compilations chart. Technohead1980 (talk) 22:23, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, article meets notability as per WP:MUSIC in more than one area.   Esradekan Gibb    "Talk" 01:14, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as meeting notability, however I do agree that it doesn't look good to have one source dominating and would suggest other sources be added to even things out (remember they don't need to be online sources; if there's a magazine article out there, it can be cited just as well, too. I mention this because sometimes there's the feeling only web sources are allowed, and that's not the case by any means). 23skidoo (talk) 04:06, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


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