Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/James Boros

Nobody but nominator is asking for deletion. Although JeffQ has doubts, the consensus is clear.-- Poetlister 21:57, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

James Boros
This person has no quotes at all, it you look at []— McNoddy 14:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC) . Only has two google hits and one of them is wikiquote. I know you shouldn't base a vote for deletion on google hits but this guy takes the biscuit--McNoddy 14:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 15:00, 11 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep Not quite sure what you mean, McNoddy. I found hundreds of google hits for Boros, both as a composer and a musicologist. I think he's notable. The quote is well sourced and moderately interesting. The lack of an introduction is a serious fault, since Boros is not exactly a household word, but I can fix that. --Ubiquity 16:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Here is Boros's bio:

James Boros studied music theory and composition at Rutgers University and received a PhD in composition from Harvard University, where he studied with Donald Martino and Earl Kim. He is an active writer, editor and lecturer, and is currently an associate editor for the journal Perspectives of New Music. Boros's music has been performed in concerts presented by the League-ISCM, the Darmstadt Festival, Merce Cunningham Studios, the Composers Guild of New Jersey, and the Society of Composers Inc., among others. His works Mnem and Ripkin: Head o' Might will soon be recorded for release on the Centaur label.
 * -- Ubiquity 16:26, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually, the quote was not well-sourced. It cited an entire book with no easier means (like a webpage) to use to verify the quote. McNoddy's attempt to get a more specific source didn't work, although a list of article titles without Boros's name doesn't mean he wasn't quoted in the work. I had to do a good bit of digging, but I found the original article in Perspectives of New Music, the journal that the book apparently quoted. I updated the quote based on a copy available through my library's GaleNet account (to which I unfortunately cannot provide a link), added some explanatory links, and restructured the sources to give verifiers a reasonable chance to succeed.
 * Even so, given the challenge of tracking this person down in reliable sources, and the fact that Ferneyhough, Toop, and Boros (who all worked on Collected Works) seem to like to cite and quote each other in their various academic works, I wonder if this is another case of an academic who is on the borderline of notability. (Hundreds of Google hits are interesting but not compelling, especially when most of the top ones don't seem to be about the composer.) But I'll reserve my judgment for now. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 01:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep I had not heard of him before, but Ubiquity seems to be correct.--Cato 23:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems notable enough.-- Poetlister 13:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. - InvisibleSun 17:36, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep I don't understand this. I've certainly heard of him.--Yehudi 16:22, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - more quotes should be added in order to unstub the person, but surely a keep. - Zarbon 18:49, 10 March 2008 (UTC)