Talk:Puerto Plata (musician)

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This article was nominated for deletion on 23 May 2007. The result of the discussion was Keep and Cleanup.

Working on the article, please do not delete.

Check out WP:MUSIC for the standards for articles about musicians. You'll want particularly to be able to cite outside sources. NickelShoe (Talk) 19:46, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Do Not Delete

As someone who has spent a considerable amount of time and energy researching traditional music from the Dominican Republic I can attest to the importance of this artist. His career is distinguished and spans many decades. This style of music receives very little coverage on the web. Try finding out anything about bachata, or Dominican guitar music before 1990 and one of the only places you'll find any info is the IASO Records website. That's not because this music is not significant - it was very significant and continues to be for millions of Dominicans. It deserves to receive more online coverage and just because it hasn't so far is not a good reason to enforce some kind of censorship on it.

FYI, proof that the artist is significant: he is scheduled to perform at The Chicago World Music Festival and The Madison World Music Festival - two of the most prestigious music festivals in the USA - in September 2007. He will also be a main act at Quisqueya on the Hudson - the largest Dominican music festival in New York City.

If you have specific recommendations for how the article can be improved, I welcome them.

Michael Sarian

[edit] Removing of References

Hello. I have just removed a reference added by an unregistered IP editor. My reason for this is that Wikipedia:Verifiability states that the burden of evidence lies with the editor who added content, not by a random editor who found a site. Thank you. Boricuaeddie ^{Spread the love!} 15:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Restoring Reference

The reference that was removed proves notability under WP:MUSIC criteria #4 for musicians. It shows that this musician:
"Has gone on an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one large or medium-sized country, reported in reliable sources."
This clearly satisfies the criteria for notability. The fact that this reference was removed by the editor who nominated the article for deletion, while the AfD was running, is also a serious concern. I have restored the reference and would encourage the original editor not to be discouraged and to continue adding these excellent articles to Wikipedia - more coverage of non American/Australian/English/European topics is a clear benefit to the project. Great work! Paxse 09:39, 29 May 2007 (UTC)