Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martina Rosenberger (2nd nomination)


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The result was   keep. JForget 00:36, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Martina Rosenberger
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This was nominated last year, but kept based on the fact that google news showed up a few results in German. I'm not convinced this is a notable person, and the article has remained unreferenced and unwikified for a year. I'm not sure a person mentioned in a few online news stories is necessarily fodder for a Wikipedia article. Are these significant news articles? Just about any musician who has performed regularly gets some mention in the press somewhere. My German is awful, so I can't tell. It seems her sole claim to fame is that she is a specialist in an instrument just about no one else on earth plays. Does being a specialist in one's field mean anything when one's field is this small and esoteric? Is any old hit from a google news search an instant invitation to an encyclopedia article? Her works as self-published, and not notable by WP standards. The vast majority of the input in the last AFD (including not one but two keep votes) came from the article's author (which could be Rosenberger herself for all I know). R. fiend (talk) 14:35, 2 April 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:05, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep'  Being a noted specialist in the contemporary performance of any significant historical instrument is notable.  DGG ( talk ) 21:03, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:32, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep A notable authority in her field. I've added reliable and independent sources in German language. --Vejvančický (talk) 08:51, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
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