Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martina Sorbara


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The result was withdrawn. The nominator withdrew their nomination. (non-admin closure) --  Dane talk  03:43, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Martina Sorbara

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Not notable beyond the band she is in. This largely unsourced BLP has been tagged since 2010 and searches online turn up no significant sources showing her notability; notability is not inhereted. Isingness (talk) 05:08, 31 March 2018 (UTC) Withdrawing nomination due to new sources provided by Bearcat.
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 05:36, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 05:36, 31 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. The article did need referencing improvement, I'll grant that, but it's not true that she has no standalone notability outside the band she was in. She released two solo albums before forming Dragonette, and passes several NMUSIC criteria in her own right for that (this article already existed before Dragonette did, in fact, and I don't just mean before Dragonette's article existed, but before Dragonette even existed as a band.) And when Dragonette's article was first created two years later, the band didn't actually have any notability claim at all yet besides "Martina Sorbara is in it". And considering that we're talking about a notability claim that stretches back to around 2000, Googleability or lack thereof is not a reliable gauge of whether proper coverage was there or not — you need to check archival databases for 20-year-old news coverage, not Google. On a ProQuest search, I've already got the sourcing here up into the double digits, and I ain't done yet — I'm still only in 2002. So, yes, she does have clear and properly sourceable notability as a solo artist prior to Dragonette. Bearcat (talk) 15:58, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Looks like you have access to a deeper level of news archives than I, will withdraw the nom. Isingness (talk) 18:24, 31 March 2018 (UTC)


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