The result was delete. I see a lot of discussion below about possible sourcing, but I also see that the article is still unsourced, which means the delete arguments very much apply. Chick Bowen 22:42, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
'Delete.This article is a plug for an on-line commercial website. It is padded out, without explanation, with material which is a version of the article Digital Sheet Music which covers its topic adequately. Should it be agreed that the content of the present article 'Virtual Sheet Music' be deleted, it could be replaced by a redirect to Digital Sheet Music. Smerus 18:38, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per above Rackabello 18:48, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete In actuality should have been tagged as a “Speedy Delete” for Spam. Shoessss 23:03, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am the author of both the Virtual Sheet Music and Digital Sheet Music articles. They share a similar content, but the Virtual Sheet Music article should tell about the Virtual Sheet Music company which has been the creator of the Virtual Sheet Music concept. I think that can't be ignored. To remove that entry and redirect it to the Digital Sheet Music article would be like removing the Amazon article about the company and redirect it to the Amazon article about the river. Please, let me know your thoughts.--Fablau 21:09, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
When I first wrote that article, I was first flagged then I submitted proof of notability to Seraphimblade proving how Virtual Sheet Music has been reviewed on major music magazines and websites since 1999 as a notable company. To learn more about this issue, here is the talking discussion:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Virtual_Sheet_Music
and then my article was accepted. Now what? Do I have to prove it again? --Fablau 21:31, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your consideration. I have a PDF file containing all the documentation. How can I upload it here? Thank you again. --Fablau 15:17, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you can download the PDF file from the Virtual Sheet Music server:
http://www.virtualsheetmusic.com/storage/Main_Evidence.pdf
it includes detailed information and images of reviews, ads, charts, etc.
Here is a summary of the evidence:
1. Virtual Sheet Music and Classical Sheet Music Downloads are two concepts created in 1999 and now two registered trademarks. Virtual Sheet Music website started in 1999 with a few users. Now its user base is of over 20,000 unique users a day, over 70,000 mailing list subscribers and 15,000 resident Members (musicians, music teachers, students, libraries, music schools, musical institutions, etc.)
2. After only 8 months from its creation, Virtual Sheet Music was reviewed by Apple foreseeing the success that such a new and unique musical resource would have been able to have in the near future.
3. Virtual Sheet Music is today considered the first and foremost unique resource of Classical Sheet Music Download in the world by:
- Yahoo! (VSM is listed among the top popular websites)
- Safe Shopping Network
and it is at the first place in the results on the major search engines if you search for "Virtual Sheet Music":
- Yahoo!
- AltaVista
- Lycos
- MSN
- AOL
- Netscape
4. Virtual Sheet Music advertise regularly on the major classical music magazines and publications since 1999 such as:
- The Strad (over 100,000 readers internationally)
- Classical Music (over 30,000 readers internationally)
- Music Teacher (over 20,000 readers internationally)
- Zone magazine (over 20,000 readers internationally)
- Muso magazine (over 20,000 readers internationally)
- Sheet Music magazine (over 10,000 readers internationally)
- International Musician (over 100,000 readers internationally)
- Strings (over 100,000 readers internationally)
- Making Music (over 60,000 readers internationally)
- SBO (over 50,000 readers internationally)
- BBC Magazine (over 50,000 readers internationally)
and many others. It is yearly included in The British & International Music Yearbook as the TOP resource of Classical Sheet Music Download on the web.
5. Virtual Sheet Music regularly sponsors and supports various musical organizations as:
- BBC Orchestra (UK)
- Lyric Opera of Los Angeles (USA)
- The Seattle Symphony Orchestra (USA)
6. Virtual Sheet Music has been also reviewed on several music magazines such as:
- MUSO magazine Spring 2004
- Making Music July-August 2006
7. Virtual Sheet Music® began in December 2004 its own affiliate program and as today it has over 400 affiliates on the web and growing. They help to develop and distribute the concept of Virtual Sheet Music® that is having such a great success among the international musical community.--Fablau 22:35, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I will provide more reviews, but please do consider the Apple's review as well. Also, please, consider the maturity of our company (over 8 years old which is pretty much for a web company) as well the user base and reach we have, notability should be also based on the "popularity" of a company, right? One further question: are you the only person to decide the destiny of my article? Shouldn't be a "commission" or group of people? Just wondering... thank you for you consideration and time though.--Fablau 16:24, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your reminder, I already read those pages and know very well the Wikipedia philosophy. I think we shouldn't be distracted, the point here is to discuss about the notability of Virtual Sheet Music to understand if it deserve an article. That's it.--Fablau 20:49, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]