Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Don Diablo


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The result was   keep. Tone 16:39, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Don Diablo

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Article appears to be a self-promotional vehicle for a person who has not received any actual significant awards (nominations do not count) and who has not received the attention necessary to qualify for notability (i.e., substantive coverage in multiple reputable published sources with widespread readership). A long list of remix CDs does not by itself confer notability. From WP:MUSIC: "The barometer of notability is whether people independent of the subject itself have actually considered the musician, ensemble, composer, or lyricist notable enough that they have written and published non-trivial works that focus upon it." KDS 4444  Talk  11:55, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep: This is a notable artist. I take exception to saying nominations don't count. They absolutely do. Nominations means they were Top 5 best of a category for a full year. Bless you how is this not being notable baffles me. I also disagree that no amount of artistic work is relevant if not substantiated by independent non-trivial works focussing on their work. The body of work an artist does certainly does have relevance if done on a number of years and with notable artists as is the case with Don Diablo. He has worked with Divided, The Beatkidz, Bizzey, Example, Dragonette, Sidney Samson, Diplo, Tinie Tempah, Mika, The Chemical Brothers, Cassius, Gorillaz, Public Enemy, Iggy Pop. This artist has charting hits in his own right - forget working with others. Check for instance FORTEEN charting hit singles in the official Dutch "Single Top 100" as well as a charting album for him. Refer to: http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Don+Diablo Not only that. These stretch from 2004 to 2013 meaning it wasn't just one successful year, but continuous presence over a stretch of 9 years hit after hit after hit. Besides Netherlands, he charted briefly in Belgium as well. He also appears in similar fashion in Dutch Top 40 which I have documented after this note. I invite colleagues to check the discography section and peak positions and take them in consideration prior to commenting here. I find this move was highly unmerited. Hope this gets resolved soonest with a swift and deserved keep decision for a very notable artist. werldwayd (talk) 22:43, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:11, 23 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:11, 23 February 2014 (UTC)


 * There's a notable artist and you want to delete it? Oh my gosh, can't believe it. Strong keep, not only a scene name, he's also a remixer. check that out, dudes :) --Saviour1981 (talk) 00:04, 24 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep Appears to easily pass WP:GNG. Extensive list of credits, we've kept far less notable stuff than this. Montanabw (talk) 02:49, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
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