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The list was promoted by The Rambling Man 23:49, 13 March 2013 (UTC) [1].[reply]

Oregon Symphony discography edit

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Nominator(s): Another Believer (Talk) 16:25, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because I believe it meets FL criteria and follows guidelines outlined by WikiProject Discographies. Please note the COI statement on the list's talk page. I recognize that COI editing can be controversial, but I have invited many other contributors to examine this article and it has received a copy edit from the Guild of Copy Editors as well. The content of this list is pretty non-controversial and matter-of-fact (album titles, years, featured works, etc.), so I do not believe this COI should be problematic. The list has been constructed from physical liner notes as well as reliable online references whenever possible. Thank you for taking time to review this list. --Another Believer (Talk) 16:25, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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  • It looks really good, just some minor things to take care of.
  • Do you know the full release dates for all of the album? Or at least include the month and year of release.
    • I included as much date specificity as possible. If I were to come across sources with more specific dates, I'd be happy to update. The sources I used were the CD liner notes and Allmusic. In doing research about all of the albums, I was able to find some specific release dates. --Another Believer (Talk) 17:11, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Add the release formats (CD, LP, etc.)

— Underneath-it-All (talk) 22:21, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support, but I have a few comments:

  • "DePreist was granted artistic autonomy during his final five years as music director due to a $1 million bequest that established the Gretchen Brooks Recording Fund" Is the fact that he was granted artistic autonomy really important for this list? I actually do not understand how it is related to the discography.
    Done. Now reads: "During DePreist's final five years as music director, the Symphony was able to fund two recording sessions per year due to a $1 million bequest that established the Gretchen Brooks Recording Fund." Better? --Another Believer (Talk) 17:08, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Each of these featured DePreist as conductor, despite his departure from the Oregon Symphony in April 2003" Does this mean that the recordings were made while he still was the conductor but released after he left? Or were they under some special arrangement? The meaning of this sentence is cryptic to me.
    My understanding is that they were recorded during his tenure but released following his departure. Now reads: "Each of these featured DePreist as conductor but were released following his departure from the Oregon Symphony in April 2003.". Better? --Another Believer (Talk) 17:08, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    This is more accurate, since I am not sure all albums mentioned in the sentence were released after his departure in April 2003: "Each of these featured DePreist as conductor, though some were released following his departure from the Oregon Symphony in April 2003." Better? --Another Believer (Talk) 01:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ruslik_Zero 18:05, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Please let me know if there are other concerns that need to be addressed. --Another Believer (Talk) 17:08, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. Ruslik_Zero 08:10, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 17:54, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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  • A personal preference, but because I've never heard of this band (sorry!) I'd prefer to know who they are and what they do in a simple sentence just before your introduce the various elements of the discography. I think I'm asking you to pretty much switch the first two sentences!
  • Is the "Western United States" a recognised geographical entity?
  • "Joseph Schwantner"'s specific release date is referenced, but two other specific release dates of studio albums aren't. Any reason?
    • I included specific release dates whenever possible. Most of the time I could only determine the year of release. The "Schwanter" album release date is particularly of interest because of the connection between MLK, Jr. and the holiday. --Another Believer (Talk) 17:49, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • " 2014–2015 season" per WP:YEAR that's normally just " 2014–15 season".
  • " then issued two special edition albums not available commercially" forgive my ignorance, how were they available? How were they published (i.e. they have no "label")?
    • All of the albums have been released in CD format. The ones unavailable commercially come complete with liner notes, printed covers, etc., but were funded by private companies and do not list labels or release numbers. --Another Believer (Talk) 17:49, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Any info on the label or format of the compilation album?

The Rambling Man (talk) 16:59, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, TRM. FYI, the article for This England is currently awaiting a Good article review, I am still working on expanding and promoting the Music for a Time of War article to Featured article status, and I am working on a draft of the Schwanter album. --Another Believer (Talk) 18:12, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Nicely done. Meets all six FLC criteria. In the interest of full disclosure, I will say that I'm a member of the Oregon Project. I've made a few minor tweaks to the prose, and I added a bit of info and an updated URL to the image description page at the Commons. Otherwise, I've not worked on the article. Finetooth (talk) 18:24, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, FT. I am thrilled by the number of support votes this list has received in 7 days and I hope my work on these articles help to demonstrate that quality content can be added to Wikipedia despite conflicts of interest. --Another Believer (Talk) 18:29, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The article is neutral and reliably sourced and advances the aims of Wikipedia. It is normal, perhaps inescapable, to have private aims as well, but these do not appear to me to have biased the article. Finetooth (talk) 18:57, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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