Talk:Operissimo

Possibly inacccuracy of database content

The contents of the Operisimo database might possibly not be wholly accurate (see: Talk:Kay Griffel). Until the matter has been resolved, editors are advised to use the Operissimo database with caution, especially as references for biographies of living people. --Kudpung (talk) 02:20, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry but I don't see a problem here. Have you found a source that contradicts operissimo's entry on the artist Kay Griffel? It doesn't appear that you have in looking at that conversation. Indeed, I have added another ref to the article on Kay Griffel from the Los Angeles Times which verifies the accuracy of operissimo.4meter4 (talk) 05:26, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

• Comment See Talk:Kay Griffel. I have found a print reference from The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia which verifies the disputed fact which had been referenced to Operissimo. It does/did have a print version, and the website itself, is mentioned as a source in a variety of print publications. Having said that, this site should not be used as the sole reference for biographies of living people and any facts in it should be cross-checked with and replaced by more reliable sources. One of the problems with the online Operissimo is that none of their articles list any sources themselves. Another is that artists can pay €79 per year to have their biography uploaded and featured. Thus, it can't always be considered as a source independent of the subject. Voceditenore (talk) 10:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Notability/Viability as a separate article

I don't think this website passes the notability criteria for web content. It mainly serves to lend credibility (and explain what it is) when it's used in other WP articles as a reference. This can just as easily be accomplished by a brief explanation in the reference itself (including the link to www.intute.ac.uk). I'd be in favour of deletion, frankly.

Also, the official name of the website is simply "Operissimo" from what I can see from their own main page and impressum information, despite the fact that Intute and other library web resource pages (e.g. [1], [2]) call it "Operissimo concertissimo". Voceditenore (talk) 11:35, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Apart from working extensively within Wikipedia BLP policy and repairing 100s of BLP rticles on the fly, I have absolutely no knowledge of opera matters, or their on- or off-line sources. However, as a comparison, even the IMDB that fans use to 'source' their favourite actors, is regarded with much skepticism by neutral Wikipedia housekeepers, even though the submitted content is theoretically controlled for accuracy - we actually have a special template for tagging IMDB sourced articles. Any freely collaborative web sites, especially the social network sites, and pay-for sites for bios, count as self-published and are clearly disallowed here. Probably the best solution right now is to run a bot to localise the BLPs on Wikipedia that use Operissimo as a sole source, and tag them for attention and look for better sources. Additionally, this Wikipedia qarticle about Operissimo should probably be expaded with mentions about how it operates (sourced, of course).--Kudpung (talk) 12:29, 2 November 2010 (UTC)