Talk:Dmitry Nikolayevich Smirnov (composer)

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[edit] Notability

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Hi ... I saw you put a notability marker on the Dmitri Smirnov article I started ... maybe valid, I'm not sure. I had never heard of him, but came across him as the composer and librettist of an opera called Tiriel that I was making a note of in the article on Blake's character, and as is my habit ... if I need to look something up, I first look on Wikipedia, and if it's not there, I add it. I see Smirnov's Solo for Harp won First Prize in a competition in Maastricht in 1976, but I don't know if this is enough for Wikipedia notability. His publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, is very reputable — I'd guess that might be enough? What are your thoughts? In general I'd rather err on the side of generosity, "all the world's knowledge" as it says. — Stumps 17:04, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I think it is enough to remove the Notability tag set by me abakharev 10:47, 12 February 2006 (UTC)