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If this category is to become useful, it will need guidelines for notability. For musicians, notability is established by sales certifications (gold, platinum, diamond), chart peak positions (Billboard), Awards & Nominations (Grammy's, or Oscar for best song), and to a lesser extent concert sales. The latter is only relevant for the headlining band and may be in part dependent on the preliminary acts. I would tend to set some rules based on the first 3 methods. I would also have separate rules for pre rock and roll, 50's-70's, 80's & 90's, and 21st century artists since notability is fleeting. I am open to suggestions, but will probably leave the page open for now unless I see a lot of personal favorites populating the page.

I believe the standards for citing that a group is deserving of a wikipedia discography attention should be higher than the standards of notability for an article. I think a group should have achieved notability for sales, chart topping success, or awards notoriety. Thus, your favorite band that has a stub class or start class biography page is probably not worth noting as having a deficient discography. Of course, you are free to donate your time by making them a discography if you want. However, calling attention to the fact that they do not have one is not necessary or appropriate.