Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lawrence Children's Choir


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The result was   delete. Tim Song (talk) 04:35, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Lawrence Children's Choir
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Promotional sounding article which includes references nearly entirely from a single source (the local paper). Claims of notability are not backed up with footnoted references to significant coverage in 3rd party sources. I'm only finding a single Google News hit on the title and that's about a sex scandal involving the director of the choir rather than covering the choir itself. RadioFan (talk) 11:34, 18 April 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete If this choir is notavble for a child abuse case then it should be in the articel. If it has no other coverage (or this is not notable) then I would go with delete.Slatersteven (talk) 15:09, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  —Malcolmxl5 (talk) 16:19, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Has received significant coverage in independent and reliable sources. There is evidence that the choir has performed at prestigious national events, viz American Choral Directors Association national convention, and at prestigious venues, viz Carnegie Hall, and have performed across the United States and abroad in Europe. The Kansas Arts Commission describes the choir as "one of the top treble choirs in the nation".. There is coverage from 1991 from when the choir was formed to the present day in Google News using the 'Find sources' link above and using the timeline function in Google web.Any promotional tone can be dealt with by editing. The only child abuse coverage I see relates not to this choir founded in Kansas in 1991 but to events that took place in the 1960s at a St Lawrence Church in Indiana. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 09:54, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Has received significant coverage in independent and reliable sources. There is evidence that the choir has performed at prestigious national events, viz American Choral Directors Association national convention, and at prestigious venues, viz Carnegie Hall, and have performed across the United States and abroad in Europe. The Kansas Arts Commission describes the choir as "one of the top treble choirs in the nation".. There is coverage from 1991 from when the choir was formed to the present day in Google News using the 'Find sources' link above and using the timeline function in Google web.Any promotional tone can be dealt with by editing. The only child abuse coverage I see relates not to this choir founded in Kansas in 1991 but to events that took place in the 1960s at a St Lawrence Church in Indiana. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 09:54, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Since its not very clear which choir is which and the article makes no credible claim of notbatabilty, could you improve it with this information you've found based on these references?--RadioFan (talk) 01:36, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NW ( Talk ) 03:42, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete gnews reveals a complete lack of coverage outside its own town, since almost all coverage is from Lawrence Journal World. LibStar (talk) 07:41, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete The only coverage I could locate was local with a minor smattering of regional coverage, so I can find no evidence that the subject meets WP:GNG. -- Rrburke (talk) 02:50, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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