Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mekhitarian Anahit


 * 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The result was speedy keep (nomination withdrawn). I'm not typically one to use notability guidelines other than the GNG, but with verification for placing in the competitions there's at least enough for a short article on her, and that's the whole purpose of the notability guidelines, right? Thank you, Voceditenore, for your excellent work on this. CtP (t • c) 18:29, 23 February 2013 (UTC) (non-admin closure)

Mekhitarian Anahit

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Appears to be a non-notable individual. The only sources currently present in the article are the subject's own website and the Russian Wikipedia. I checked for sources in three languages by searching Google Books and Google News archives with the search terms "Mekhitarian Anahit", "Մխիթարյան Անահիտ", and "Мхитарян Анаит". The only items retrieved were either passing mentions in articles, directories without any significant coverage, or false positives (refers to "Anahit Mekhitarian" but was written as "Mekhitarian, Anahit".) Additionally, I found this, but it's impossible to tell if it contains the necessary significant coverage or even if it's a false positive because there's no preview or even "snippet view" available. CtP (t • c) 23:57, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Addendum: the article can't seem to decide what the proper translation of this person's name is, so I've performed some additional searches with the name variations. Again, there's some passing mentions in articles. A Google Books search reveals mentions in reference to awards she's won; I question whether this ultimately means that she's notable. CtP (t • c) 00:07, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Armenia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:29, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:29, 23 February 2013 (UTC)


 * This Article about famous Armenian opera singer, Soprano who is well known in the art society, and in the society of opera lovers. This article will be helpful for people who wants to be familiar with high art of opera and well clear singing, and will promote to developing and spreading opera art. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.70.74.15 (talk • contribs) . Moved from Talk:Mekhitarian Anahit. CtP  (t • c) 14:57, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * We're not arguing the usefulness of articles here. The issue I expressed in my nomination was that I felt that this individual didn't meet Wikipedia's notability requirements. Furthermore, Wikipedia is not for promoting anything, regardless of however good the cause is. CtP  (t • c) 14:57, 23 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment: copyright problems abound as well. Compare the first revision to the subject's official biography, labeled "Anahit Mekhitarian ©All Rights Reserved", and you'll notice large portions are verbatim copies. CtP  (t • c) 17:50, 23 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep Passes criteria 9 of WP:MUSICBIO "Has won or placed in a major music competition". I have added inline references verifying that she has won three major singing competitions. All three of these competitions are very well known. Having said that, I have completely re-written this and removed the hype, name-dropping, and cherry-picked quotes. The whole article was a verbatim paste from her official website. I strongly suggest that the article's creator find a reference to support her having been made a "Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia". It doesn't have to be in English. It is quite a chore to research this, as I suspect there is a fair amount available under the Russian and Armenian versons of her name. Note also that in Italy (and possibly elsewhere), they seem to spell her last name as Mkhitarian. If this is kept, it will obviously have to be moved to Anahit Mekhitarian. "Anahit" is her first name. Voceditenore (talk) 18:19, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
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