Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Midori Gotō


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The result was withdrawn.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙 ) 22:41, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Midori Gotō

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This barely referenced BLP has very little information regarding whether or not the subject is notable for inclusion on Wikipedia per WP:N or WP:MUSIC. There are various awards and a single mention in the New York Times, but beyond that I cannot find anything about the subject that shows that the woman is notable for inclusion on Wikipedia, at least what is in the article currently.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙 ) 05:38, 3 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep - it seems she is some sort of peace envoy and is mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Barenboim, Michael Douglas, George Cloony, and Yo-Yo Ma, News24 USA Today. She is also a respected violinist NY Times.  CNN describe both aspects of her career here: Midori Goto: From prodigy to peace ambassador.  Article obviously needs some work  --Jubilee♫ clipman  12:11, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Update - I have worked a little on the article to provide references and to update the information. The naming as a UN Ambassador for Peace was not even mentioned in the article before I added the information.  Will work on the article some more soon to tidy it up and provide more refs from the many I have found on Google.  Not convinced nom followed WP:BEFORE  --Jubilee♫ clipman  15:07, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Article needs work, but can be improved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nuujinn (talk • contribs) 16:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy Close Unless an entry in a real encyclopedia is not enough to qualify for an entry in an encyclopedia purporting to cover "the sum of human knowledge". Surely the nominator checks Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians before making nominations on music subjects? Look under "M" for "Midori".
 * "(b Osaka, 25 Oct 1971). Japanese violinist. At four she began violin lessons with her mother, Setsu Goto. In 1980 she was given a scholarship to study with Dorothy Delay at the Aspen Music School in the USA. Two years later she entered Delay's class at the Juilliard School in New York, where she also worked with Pinchas Zukerman. In 1982 she made her début with the New York PO under Zubin Mehta; she then toured Asia with the orchestra. The following year she played Paganini's Caprices before President Reagan on a televised Christmas show. After continuing her studies at the Professional Children's School in New York, she graduated in 1990 and began her international career. In 1993 she performed the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto at the Proms in London. In 1994 she won the Suntory Award in Japan. Midori's repertory includes all the major concertos, many of which she has recorded; but her tone as heard in the concert hall is small and it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that she is a creation of the compact disc age. Her interpretations are sound but rather bland. She plays the 1722 ‘Jupiter’ Stradivari and the 1735 ‘Ex-David’ Guarneri del Gesù."

Really, this AfD takes the cake as the most inappropriate I've seen this year, at the very least. Dekkappai (talk) 22:39, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: I am sorry. Our article on her is pisspoor. So I made a mistake. Big fucking deal.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙 ) 22:41, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.