Talk:Eric Sanicola

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And why on earth was it created?

It's practically devoid of references - what there are, are either unreliable or passing mentions. There is nothing to evidence the subject's notability; it seems to be based on what I call "infectious notability", where working with notable people supposedly makes one notable. The editor who passed it through AFC knows that the entire page was written by the subject of the article, which is strongly discouraged - not grounds for rejection in and of itself, but frankly I can't see any grounds for acceptance. Please explain? Pinkbeast (talk) 11:41, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

For my part, it sounds as if this guy is fairly notable in the specific field of music generation and just skimming his list of references they all look pretty extensive and comprehensive. A handful I'm not sure are reliable sources but there are sufficiently commendatable ones that I'm not too concerned that he isn't notable at all. I am concerned about the fact that he wrote his article about himself; Wikipedia isn't really set up as a vehicle for free publicity, but if this guy has achieved already some notability I'm not willing to AFD his article just because he wrote it himself. Oh, and I think the fact that he works on notable projects actually adds to his notability, not detracts from it. DrPhen (talk) 15:15, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Went through all the proper channels, did everything as was told, and was honored to be approved.

I did directly ask the helpers on the chat page to advise what could get the article approved. I was upfront about who I was. I couldve tried to lie about it, but I figured I'd keep it real. Ive seen who and what is considered 'notable' on WIki, and thought that I fit the criteria . An administrator on the Wiki chat live approached me, and inquired about who I was, checked my article and said "you seem notable to me." He advised me to make a proper chart of the discography, which I DID (took me hours!), which was then deleted by another administrator. The references are all third party references, some news, others just proof of the credits. No opinion blogs, not my own myspace link... I was was careful not to use flattering adjectives. I just listed facts, and credits. Some of the biggest acts out today have sang songs I wrote, and I hoped that might be notable enough for a short article. SOMEONE with the power to approve it thought I was. I understand your point, all due respect if your just doing your job.. If that helps clear it up, I'd LOVE to get rid of this embarrassing conversation, but hey, I guess you cant get everything you want:) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.52.117.156 (talk) 23:08, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Improvements made, more needed

I have *started* adding HTML comments to indicate notability, but since I am basing these on existing Wikipedia articles they need to be replaced with references to WP:Reliable sources that show:

Mr. Sanicola did the writing or producing claimed, unless that is self-evident in the ASCAP reference at the bottom,
If either the song or the album is claimed to have charted, a reliable source to indicate this. Statistical information is one of the few cases where a primary, rather than secondary, source is okay to use and may even be preferable.

So far I've found plenty of evidence that he's worked on notable albums for notable people, but I have yet to find an actual song that charted. I'm less than halfway through the list. If he "Has credit for writing or co-writing either lyrics or music for a notable composition" (e.g. a song that charted or which is otherwise notable, see WP:COMPOSER) that should qualify him as Wiki-notable and help out a lot at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Sanicola. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 05:01, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done

Please note the citations in the header, a billboard article referencing J Brazil "Girl i'm Tryin" as entering the Billboard charts. Also, the one next to it is a third party data based site confirming the charting status of both "Another World" by One Direction and "Halfway There" by Big Time Rush 173.52.117.156 (talk) 07:25, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Added New York Times article

Confirming "Halfway There's" chart status as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.52.117.156 (talk) 07:33, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Billboard.com confirms chart status of Marie Digby "Say It Again" --cited in header

"Say It again" confirmed on billboard.com173.52.117.156 (talk) 08:13, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discography and other tabular information

If this article survives the current deletion discussion, the discography and any other list-type information should be turned into tables. For consistency, please use well-written articles by other artists in the same genre as a guide. This is a time-intensive task and the issues raised at AFD need to be addressed first. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 14:55, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Picture

Is our photo of Mr. Sanicola fair use / do we have license to use it for Wikipedia? I don't want to get into any copyright issues or like such a manner. Thanks for checking into it for me! DrPhen (talk) 15:12, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The image is on the Wikimedia Commons. Assuming he had the right to upload it to the Commons in the first place, no further permission is needed. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 20:35, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]