Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Lambert


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The result was keep. Consensus that there is sufficient sourcing to demonstrate notability. (non-admin closure) Nosebagbear (talk) 22:41, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Alexander Lambert

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Unclear notability. The article states that he was a pianist and piano teacher who was killed by a taxicab. Was he independently famous before his death? It appears that he was quite wealthy, but that does not assume notability. Natg 19 (talk) 00:38, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
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 * Comment Article was created by a now-blocked user: User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ). Natg 19 (talk) 00:42, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello - I don't actually see that User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) is currently blocked. Is that something forthcoming? --Kbabej (talk) 00:57, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Found it here: Natg 19 (talk) 00:59, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
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 * Keep While the article is in pretty sorry shape, it does look like he meets WP:GNG. There is a chapter on him here in a 1911 book of interviews with master pianists, and another one here in a similar work. He has some recordings listed here at the Discography of American Historical Recordings. I can't see this one at the NYT, but someone with a subscription might be able to check it out, and the title sounds promising: "Hail Alexander Lambert; Musicians honor him as he rounds out 50 years of teaching piano." So, evidently some people thought he was notable back in his day, and notability is not temporary. PohranicniStraze (talk) 02:44, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Sources found by PohranicniStraze (talk) confirm notability. I suggest update/improve article rather than delete. ShelbyMarion (talk) 09:52, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep – It seems he taught Jerome Kern and Alfred Newman (sourced), and Margot Rojas Mendoza studied under him (unsourced), as did, according to Grove, Nadia Reisenberg. He was on the faculty of the New York College of Music from 1887 to 1905 (sourced). He has an entry in Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 04:54, 4 November 2018 (UTC)


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