Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maria Ferrante


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:31, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Maria Ferrante

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Autobiographical, non-notable, very resume-like BurtAlert (talk) 02:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:19, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 *  Comment Weak delete. I've cleaned this up a bit and added some references so that discussants can better assess the notability. I removed vast swathes of completely unreferenced undated and unordered lists of performances/venues/collaborators etc. pending someone referencing them to reliable sources independent of the subject. I also removed the inappropriate cherry-picked quote. I left some lists, but note that they are completely unreferenced and simply pasted in from the subject's website. My own view at the moment is that the notability is extremely marginal and very local. None of the performances have been with leading opera houses or companies and the cds listed appear to be self-published, not with major labels.Voceditenore (talk) 19:35, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been notified to WikiProject Opera - Voceditenore (talk) 06:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  —Kudpung (talk) 12:07, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak delete as per comments by Voceditenore and WP:ENT. It would be interesting to see what's behind the paywalls, but as Ghits are very low, they will probably only confirm what we know. Kudpung (talk) 12:15, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment I can vouch for the paywall articles and would be happy to email copies to anyone requesting them. I have a subscription to Highbeam Research, and in fact added the refs myself as the article was previously completely unreferenced. The reviews are for very local productions in the Boston area by small and/or semi-professional companies and orchestras (not Boston Lyric Opera or Boston Symphony Orchestra). There is one article about her in the Boston Globe in 2002("Soprano's Voice, Confidence Take Wing", 480 words)—sort of a "local girl might be about to make good" piece. It was the only reason I didn't immediately !vote delete. But given the lack of breadth and depth of coverage which isn't compensated for by fulfilling any of the alternate criteria at WP:MUSICBIO and no verification of the awards, I'll have to !vote delete. Voceditenore (talk) 12:57, 24 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Weak delete per voceditenore. This one is almost there, but it just shy of meeting wikipedia's notability criteria. The article can always be recreated later if further more substantial references are found.4meter4 (talk) 05:41, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. I've also looked for material, and I added some to the article, but I can't find anything that screams out "this woman is notable!" per WP:ENT or WP:MUSIC. --Orlady (talk) 18:45, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
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