Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cristiano Farinelli


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The result was delete. – czar   22:44, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Cristiano Farinelli

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Delete: as non-notable artist. Quis separabit? 21:05, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:33, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:33, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment - My first search at Books instantly found results from the previous century and it's possible some sources are going to be Italian and/or offline. SwisterTwister   talk  22:39, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 19:21, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - the very existence of this person can not be established. The castrato Farinelli may have had an uncle, but the "composer and violinist Cristiano Farinelli" is a product of myth, hearsay and misunderstanding. His lifespan is unknown, and no other biographical detail can be confirmed. According to this the first name of the "uncle" is unknown and this was in an English source expressed with a reference to "his Christian name" and then mistranslated as his first name having bee "Christian", in Italian "Cristiano". Also he was said to have been Konzertmeister in Hanover together with George Frideric Handel from 1680 to 1985, before Handel's birth... Kraxler (talk) 16:51, 4 July 2015 (UTC)


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