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Sound Credit

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not yet notable , and primarily a catalog entry DGG ( talk ) 22:35, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 23:00, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 23:00, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We should Keep — reviewed references for notability and entry is clearly notable with coverage on television, in magazines and blogs, with 25 references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DMWare (talk • contribs) 03:31, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment' There are not 25 reliable sources. I don't think there's a single one
Ref 1 2, 3, 12 ,13, 14, 15, 16 was written by the president of the company, the firm , or industry partners or based upon press releases from them.
Ref 4. is a mention in lists of various tools for the same purpose, withthe blurb for each written by the company
Ref 5 does not work, 21 I cannot see
Ref 6 is a very brief review in a trade publciation
Ref 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17 , 19 are interviews where the founder or designer says whatever he wants to.
Ref 9 , 14 , 18, 26 are general articles which mention the company or inclusion in a a listing of companies funded by a start-up investment fund. or inclusion in a list
Ref 25 is an advertisement inserted in an article, DGG ( talk ) 04:44, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment' the article has No significant coverege on independent relieble sources , Samat lib (talk) 08:22, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete' No Evidence of Notability Samat lib (talk) 08:22, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The sources for this entry include:

Please review these for determining source reliability and/or significance — they really are high-integrity sources. In addition, please consider the following:

The TapeOp article was a cover feature, meaning that Sound Credit was on the front cover of a magazine at physical bookstores last year. I also note that the interview appears to have been conducted by the magazine's founder himself, rather than a staff writer.

For the 7 references that contain interviews or quotes from the company, this would seem to contribute to notability rather than take away from it. Wikipedia:Interviews says:

"An independent interviewer represents the "world at large" giving attention to the subject, and as such, interviews as a whole contribute to the basic concept of notability."

Wikipedia:Interviews

The prior comment references 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17 and 19 as interviews, however only 11 is an interview. The others are full, lengthy editorials with some that contain quotes from an interview portion of the editorial. Please read the Memphis Flyer editorials for 7 and 17. Also, see the editorial for #10 which was on the cover of the print version of that magazine.

I truly think DGG is an amazing Wikipedia editor, however I think he simply missed the "Read More" button below the tutorial video when he commented that #25, the GRAMMY.com article, was just an ad. Super-easy to miss those Read More buttons, especially when you're doing as much great work on Wikipedia as DGG. The impact there was that there was a GRAMMY event that featured Sound Credit that was discussed in the article. In fact there were two such events referenced in this entry. This isn't typical stuff, and demonstrates high notability, especially for music software.

For the comment about 9, 14 and 18 (26 was listed but there is no 26), these actually do have some pretty big significance — 18 for instance is showing that Jeff Bezos is one of the funders of the Revolution Fund that is backing the company in this entry. While it is a list of those investments, the list is a very notable list of companies.

Front-covers on book store magazine shelves, two GRAMMY events, backing from the richest person in the world — the entry far exceeds the majority of Wikipedia entries for music software for notability, countless deserving entries would need to be deleted if this doesn't meet the bar.

In light of this additional clarity, info, and the major edits based on this discussion, I would like to invite reconsideration of the AfD nomination itself. For anyone that is not familiar with the music industry, some of these sources could seem small, but I think if you further review the links above, you'll see that these represent connection, interviews, coverage, and events with some of the largest entities in music.