Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DJ Die
=[[DJ Die]]=
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Does not appear to satisfy notability. Also this entire page is a copy and paste of his profile on freebase.com Freikorp (talk) 19:54, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — Gongshow Talk 20:09, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
- Delete: All that I can find for significant is [http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=744] and [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Music/Fullscale-survivors/2004/12/29/1103996605206.html]. Fails WP:MUSIC. Joe Chill (talk) 20:57, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
- It's not a copy-paste; freebase.com copies its content from Wikipedia. Holly25 (talk) 22:34, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
:I stand corrected, the freebase article was one of the few articles I could find on him. Freikorp (talk) 22:48, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
- Keep. He was co-founder of one of the first notable drum and bass record labels, Full Cycle Recordings (from his Allmusic profile [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gpftxqehldae~T1]: "The founder of one of drum'n'bass' leading promoters, that of Full Cycle Records, is dance guru DJ Die"); as part of Reprazent he won a Mercury Music Prize in 1997; as part of Breakbeat Era there's plenty of coverage in newspapers ([http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22breakbeat+era%22&btnG=Search&um=1&ned=uk&hl=en&scoring=a archive search]; examples: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/1999/jun/10/artsfeatures4] [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/426583021.html?dids=426583021:426583021&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+17,+2000&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Breakbeat+Era+singer+more+than+just+a+public+face+;+Drum+'n'+bass+band's+Leonie+Laws+has+a+sweet+voice+and+good+promotional+skills&pqatl=google] [http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/22/arts/pop-review-the-next-big-thing-that-just-wasn-t.html] (NY Times: "two master drum-and-bass producers, Roni Size and DJ Die", the Albequerque Journal: "British DJs Roni Size and DJ Die have made plenty of waves on their own", Toronto Star: "Notwithstanding the higher profiles of her Breakbeat Era collaborators Roni Size and DJ Die..."). Meets WP:MUSICBIO as a musician part of two independently notable ensembles, one of which as mentioned also won a major award and had the album hit #8 in the UK charts [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/sep/08/mercury-prize-winners-speech-debelle-music]. Holly25 (talk) 23:16, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 01:55, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
- Keep. The sources found are sufficient demonstration of notability.--Michig (talk) 13:52, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
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