Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karen Kamon


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The result was keep. Tone 19:26, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Karen Kamon

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Fully unsourced bio. Can't find any WP:SIGCOV when performing a WP:BEFORE search. Most available content refers back to the Wikipedia article, the rest is WP:UGC. Unless somebody finds bona fide WP:RS coverage of this person, the article should be deleted for notability failure. She can still be mentioned in Phil Ramone's biography as his wife and occasional singer on his productions. — JFG talk 05:25, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 05:33, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment - I searched under her maiden name, Karen Ichiuji, and came up with three reliable sources, New York Times, a google book, and an academic journal article, but they are not WP:SIGCOV as they are all between one and three sentences on her, the rest is on Karen Carpenter. Not enough to establish notability at this time, unless something more substantial is found. I did not search under her married name, Karen Ramone, tho. Netherzone (talk) 13:18, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep Searching Newspapers.com finds an article about her, "Singer Karen Kamon started as a roadie", from AP journo Mary Campbell in 1987 ; a review of her album Voices in the New York Daily News, also in 1987 ; she was mentioned in several reviews of Flashdance in 1983 - the "music is a wonderful mix of people we've heard from before .... coupled with some not-so-familiar names: Karen Kamon's super-charged "Manhunt", "By itself, the music isn't good. Cycle V's "Seduce Me Tonight" and Karen Kamon's "Manhunt" might stay with you ... the rest is music to be played while something else is going on" ; "hot-blooded numbers like "Manhunt" by Karen Kamon" ; a 1984 episode of the TV show Solid Gold "features a salute to the Grammys with Karen Kamon ("Manhunt") ...." - it was apparently nominated for a Grammy, according to an article in the Australian newspaper The Age ; a couple of reviews of her debut album Heart of You in 1984 , ; an article about her husband which has 3 paras about her and says how they met (contra the assertion in this article) ; etc. Apart from anything else, she meets WP:MUSICBIO "Has released two or more albums on a major record label or on one of the more important indie labels", with albums on CBS Records International and Atco Records.  There are certainly more sources, and more info, that could be added to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RebeccaGreen (talk • contribs) 14:02, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 12:26, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 07:20, 21 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep as the numerous reliable sources significant coverage idenified above which includes articles about her and reviews of her works shows that WP:GNG and criteria 1 of WP:NMUSIC (only one criteria needed) are clearly passed and deletion is no longer necessary, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 00:12, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep.as per :.- Nahal (T) 18:47, 27 December 2019 (UTC)


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