Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amanda Holden (writer)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Bryce  ( talk  &#124;  contribs ) 11:30, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Amanda Holden (writer)

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 * Delete. Non-notable person. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 05:21, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note - This entry above is part of the nomination, and is not an !vote. Northamerica1000 (talk) 02:55, 21 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. Some of her work has Wikipedia articles, so I think she is notable enough for a Wikipedia biography. She has her own article in the current edition of Who's Who, which requires entrants to meet a higher standard of notability than Wikipedia does. Jim Michael (talk) 06:56, 20 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep There's easily enough here already. I've added some more sources, quotations and a bibliography. Plenty more out there for opera buffs to collect - she's an expert librettist and editor, is interviewed on the radio, praised in the New York Times, very well known in the field. RS in all directions. Prizewinning too. 'Nuff said. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:27, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 12:40, 20 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. Chiswick Chap's comments and additions clearly demonstrate notability.--Arxiloxos (talk) 14:48, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. As per above. Harry the Dog WOOF  15:00, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep – Her contributions to the Viking and Penguin opera guides and her other works are widely cited in Wikipedia articles. She's notable.-- Michael Bednarek (talk) 05:30, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, per Michael Bednarek and above. I like "rescued by Amanda Holden's clever English version". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:02, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been notified to WikiProject Opera. – Voceditenore (talk) 09:08, 21 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep (needless to say). In addition to her well-known translations of opera libretti, she is also the original librettist of Bliss, The Silver Tassie and Nigel Osborne's opera The Piano Tuner. A quick glance here and here (before nominating) would have helped. But the silver lining is that it has resulted in a much improved article and better sourcing, even if that is not what AfDs are for. Voceditenore (talk) 09:08, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep per (almost) everyone above, though I'm devastated that her performance as Jane in Salad Days at Worcester College, Oxford in 1968 doesn't get a mention . --GuillaumeTell 10:43, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.