Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Louis Armstrong award


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The result was   no consensus.  Sandstein  09:31, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Louis Armstrong award

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no idividual notability shown for this high school award. lacks coverage. the current sourcing are: two Louis Armstrong biographies that are not about the award and don't mention it; a store; a High School website. None are independent reliable sources about the award. nothing satisfying WP:N. duffbeerforme (talk) 04:18, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as a borderline hoax. The only solid Ghit I could find about a Louis Armstrong award is a Facebook page. In addition, all the article's references are about Mr. Armstrong himself, not the supposed award.  Erpert  Who is this guy? 04:36, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. GBooks turns up a book entitled Teaching Band & Orchestra: Methods and Materials that calls this a "nationally recognized" award that high schools can get from Instrumentalist Magazine.    Based on the store website listed in the external links, it's an award designed to honor a top student in each high school's music program each year.  So: not a hoax, but maybe a bit of a promotion for the Instrumentalist store, and I don't find much else directly indicating its notability.  However, the article does have a list of notable musicians who supposedly received this award, and if reliable sources can be turned up to confirm this, and/or to confirm that schools and musical communities really do consider this a significant honor, I might become inclined to support its retention.--Arxiloxos (talk) 07:32, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 21:00, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:16, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * possible Keep on the assumption that the awards to the recipients can be verified. If so, I do not see how this can possibly be a hoax.   DGG ( talk ) 00:44, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Certainly not a hoax. There are dozens of Reliable Source citations along the lines of "so and so won the Louis Armstrong award" . None of them amounts to substantial coverage ABOUT the award, but it certainly does appear to attract some press when it is awarded. I'm not sure how that kind of coverage can be cited in the article, but it exists. --MelanieN (talk) 20:02, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
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