Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evi Martyn


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The result was delete.  So Why  06:52, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Evi Martyn

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I've asked at both the Music and Classical Music project talk pages but no-one is stepping forward. There is a distinct aura of this person failing to satisfy WP:GNG. The few sources I have found, in addition to those stated, are passing mentions in adverts for performances etc. The proviso may be significant: I do not have access to many US newspaper sources. Sitush (talk) 23:58, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Weak keep I found http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20070820/lifes-work-honored, three paragraphs in http://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/30/arts/music-debuts-in-review-197184.html, which is also listed in the article, and a brief mention at http://articles.latimes.com/1987-09-09/news/vw-4493_1_piano-dealer. She's certainly not Vladimir Horowitz, Alfred Brendel or a more well known pianist, but there's just enough there to satisfy. If the claim that she was was induced into the Hall of Fame of the American College of Musicians in 1989, then it would be clear. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:26, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:29, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * We do not seem to have an article for the American College of Musicians, which is surprising if they are an award-giving body of note(sic). Thus, any award from them probably doesn't mean much. As I said in my nomination, the mentions in sources appear to be passing remarks at best and that is illustrated by your links. Such stuff doesn't confer notability and your first (the Press Telegram) is an obvious press release and is referring to mentions in versions of Marquis's Who's Who that, I think, are paid entries. At least, that what the folks at WP:RSN have said and it is why they are not considered to be reliable sources. - Sitush (talk) 07:27, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually, for the Who's Who stuff, see for example Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_56. It's a vanity thing and it looks like the selection bar may be low. - Sitush (talk) 07:34, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:31, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment In addition to the above, please also note that the main contributor to the article is, who has edited literally nothing but this thing in all their time here, and have done so as recently as last week. It really does look like a small attempt at promotion. - Sitush (talk) 07:27, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. I did some searching, and can't find any WP:RS.  There's some perfunctory listings of performances, a few You Tube videos, an Amaazon.com listing of a book she wrote, things of that nature.  None of these show that she meets WP:N.  And, yeah, that fact that the primary author of the article is a WP:SPA doesn't help.  -- RoySmith (talk) 21:25, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Forgot to mention, I did look at the sources found by (thank you for doing the research).  The NYTimes article does indeed have three paragraphs about her, but buried at the end of a longer article giving routine coverage to a number of musicians making debuts.  The Press-Telegram News is a short piece giving little depth, in a minor regional publication.  The LA Times article is not about Martyn; it's about a particular piano that Martyn happens to have played and gave a short quote about.  -- RoySmith (talk) 21:35, 27 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete inadequate sources.E.M.Gregory (talk) 23:10, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - searches did not show that they pass notability criteria.  Onel 5969  TT me 01:51, 29 May 2017 (UTC)


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