Talk:Lists of violinists

message: Anybody else notice that these links are almost all red? Can someone who actually knows something about this genre check these names for a) notability and b) spelling? I'm skeptical that these are all "good" names. ==ILike2BeAnonymous 18:47, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Indian violinists needs checking 

message: This page is in danger of becoming a list of "famous violinists and people who want to be on the list, as well as people who have a fan who wants them on the list." 
I applaud the efforts of ILike2BeAnonymous as he tries to keep things from sprawling out of hand, Maybe it's time to delete all the red links, saving the list for violinists who have an article on this wikipedia. I'm willing to entertain the suggestion that an article on any other language's pedia qualifies the person for inclusion...  __Just plain Bill 04:57, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Regarding the latter (red links), I'm going to tag all of them with  to indicate lack of supporting evidence for their inclusion. After a fair interval—say a couple weeks?—those entries still tagged can be removed. This gives people a chance to provide citations. +ILike2BeAnonymous 07:11, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough, sounds like a plan to me...  __Just plain Bill 12:03, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Having a wikilink only means there is a 'pedia article about the subject. Consider the wiki process, and tell me, please, if having a wikipedia article is proof of notability... articles get deleted all the time for that exact reason.  __Just plain Bill 20:02, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

text: There are also criteria relevant to musicians. Given the nature of violin pedagogy, winning several awards, local concertizing, and studying (for however long or brief a time) with a famous teacher, all are good first steps, but not indicators of notability. To put it more brutally, not every kid that goes to Julliard or Berklee belongs on this list just yet. Just plain Bill
i'm probably late to the game on this subject, but i think the benchmark should be based on a google search from reputable source.  of course that leaves 'reputable' up for interpretation, but at least it is measure of minimum standards, and verifiable. --emerson7 | Talk 01:08, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Maybe boring beyond belief but it needs to be said: We need a cutoff calibration for who is notable '''enough''' and who is not. 

message: Who are we to judge these "other notable violinists"?
If Hilary Hahn and Midori made the "great artists," what about Sarah Chang and James Ehnes?
James Ehnes's Korngold and Barber concertos are equally as good as Hilary Hahn's. Also, consider his Paganini's caprices album. Tell me why not Ehnes? 
If Anne Sophie-Mutter made the list, what about Leonidas Kavakos?
I highly consider Kavakos as a better violinist compared to Sophie-Mutter.
What about Christian Tetzlaff who released a gorgeous Bach Sonatas and Partitas album? I don't even see him on the "other notable violinists."
As you can see from my examples above, the list of "Great artists" is merely a result of different personal tastes as well as violinists' popularity and more frequent stage presence.
Therefore, I think someone needs to step up and consolidate these two categories into one.
I don't really like to see this discrepancy between "great artists" and "notable violinists."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ndvkwon (talk • contribs) 19:51, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just added Tetzlaff to the "other notable violinists" since, at the moment, his English and German wikipedia articles are very stubby. Someone more knowledgeable may decide whether he (or Chang, Ehnes, or Kavakos) belong with the "great artists." I think it is useful to separate the legendary from the "merely" brilliant, as difficult as that line may be to draw, Like it or not, frequent stage presence is one factor in assessing "legendary" (or, if you like, "mightily notable") status. I freely admit that I do not know where to draw that line, but I'm not sure that the likes of Heifetz, Menuhin, Milstein, and a few others, or even Kreisler, should be lumped in with "the others."  __Just plain Bill (talk) 21:56, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Let's get rid of "great artists." 

message: A request has been made to move Violinist to Violinist (disambiguation), in order to then make Violinist a redirect to Violin.  See Talk:Violinist#Requested move.  --Una Smith (talk) 05:41, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should Violinist redirect to Violin?