Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Edwards (harpsichordist)


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The result was keep (nomination withdrawn). CtP (t • c) 23:30, 3 September 2012 (UTC) (non-admin closure)

Mark Edwards (harpsichordist)

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Non-notable musician. He's won a non-notable music award, but that doesn't seem to have got him more than blurb-length coverage, far short of that required by WP:GNG. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:44, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

According to WP:MUSIC standards of musician notability (criteria 1, 9 and 12), Mark Edwards is a notable musician. First, the links in the article show that Mr. Edwards meets with criterion no. 1. Second, as for criterion no. 9, the Bruges Early Music (or Musica Antiqua) competition is the most notable early music competition in the world, its longtime judge and "spiritual leader" being Gustav Leonhardt. Please consult the Dutch MA Festival Wikipedia page I have cited in the article; you will find that the career of many a notable musician started by obtaining a prize in this competition. As for criterion no 12, Mark Edwards's concerts and recitals have been featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), although I cannot find an online record of the broadcast, and on American Public Media, for which I have given links to the radio program Pipedreams, which can be streamed online. Thank you Stuartyeates for pointing out some of the article's previous weaknesses. The article is now in my Watchlist: links will be amended as information on websites are archived. Please withdraw your proposal to delete the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JasonDaoust (talk • contribs) 11:17, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * In total agreement with JasonDaoust. One must be far remote from the musical scene, more specifically from the harpsichord and from the competition world, to propose this article for deletion. Andries Van den Abeele (talk) 11:26, 3 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep and improve the article, the winner of that prestigious competition is notable, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:43, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep as he clearly meets WP:MUSIC (as pointed out above). -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:27, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep passes WP:GNG.  This isn't a "garage band" --Paul McDonald (talk) 19:21, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Withdraw as per the current evdience in the article and the hard work of the above editors. Stuartyeates (talk) 20:03, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
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