Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mara Balls


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Jovanmilic97 (talk) 21:59, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Mara Balls

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A quick google search indicates that most of the links are in finnish or are social media related, and there are not many of them, leading me to believe that this musician is not sufficiently notable as per WP:BAND. Nerd1a4i (talk) 23:32, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 23:33, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Finland-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 23:33, 27 November 2018 (UTC)


 * She's notable in Finland for sure, one of the most interesting new musicians. I've got thousands of albums, but haven't bought many recently - Mara Balls is different, fresh and full of energy and opinions, not like those copying puppets made by music industry. She has some English texts, too.Risto hot sir (talk) 23:43, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The search obviously was not well done. See the links given below in other conments.--Urjanhai (talk) 07:10, 28 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. First thing I find when searching is Helsingin Sanomat, the dominating newspaper in Finland, with a video story about her. (She also gets her concerts and albums reviewed in national media.) Then an article in YLE, which is the national Finnish broadcasting company. Here's an interview in YLE, too. Whether these sources are in Finnish or in English is of course irrelevant, as the only thing we say about non-English sources is basically that all other things alike, the English ones are preferable, but any language is fine. /Julle (talk) 03:11, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Note that in-depth story about her is from Yle Uutiset, top Finnish news program. Passes WP:GNG, based on lots of Finnish RS interest in her. HouseOfChange (talk) 07:15, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep The first random links given in comments above at once show that the criteria given in WP:BAND are easily fulfilled in this case.--Urjanhai (talk) 07:23, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep--Risto hot sir (talk) 10:01, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep notable since it meets WP:BAND --DannyS712 (talk) 20:59, 2 December 2018 (UTC)


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