Talk:Tristen

So ... I changed the redirect to start a new page for the critically acclaimed indie folk singer-songwriter Tristen, from a common misspelling re-direct to a character from Cornish folklore ... and it got changed back. Note, the Cornish folkhore character's name isn't even SPELLED that way, it's spelled TristAn.

If you google Tristen, what are the first 5 links? Hey, it's the indie folk singer-songwriter. First 2 videos? Same girl. Right after that? More links to the singer-songwriter!

Maybe we can do one of those "If you were looking for the ancient Cornish fictional character, Tristan, click here" deals.

But clearly people aren't searching for Tristan the ancient Cornish fictional character if Google doesn't think so.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Footprintx (talk • contribs) 04:56, 18 April 2011


 * That is not the point at issue. The article on the singer did not give an indication of significance or importance. Google rankings must have changed since you searched, because when I searched just now only 2 of the first 5 hits were for that singer. However, the number of hits are not what matters: more important are what they link to. One of them is www.tristen.com, and the other is www.myspace.com/tristentristen, neither of which is an independent, third party, source. There is no evidence that the singer satisfies Wikipedia's notability criteria, and if she doesn't then there cannot be an article about her. Whether or not "Tristen" is a likely enough alternative spelling of "Tristan" to justify having a redirect is a completely different issue, not related to whether or not there should be an article on the singer Tristen. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:38, 18 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I'm kind of new to this, so ... to prove notability, I have to include the links to her reviews in NPR, Rolling Stone and other notable magazines? Footprintx (talk) 15:38, 21 April 2011 (UTC)