Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nancy Ruth (singer)


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The result was delete. Although this AfD shows consensus for deletion, I think it would be acceptable to draftspace it for improvement and resubmission via DRV if and/or  requests it. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  13:45, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Nancy Ruth (singer)

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WP:BLP of a musician, written with an advertorial lean and evincing no strong claim to passing WP:NMUSIC for anything. Further, this is referenced almost entirely to primary sources and blogs, with very little evidence of any reliable source coverage that's genuinely about her: the closest thing to an RS in the entire bunch is a community weekly newspaper which namechecks her existence in the lineup for a local music festival, but fails to be about her to any non-trivial degree. As always, every musician is not automatically entitled to a Wikipedia article just because she exists; a strong notability claim, and the real media coverage required to support it, must be present for an article to become earned. Bearcat (talk) 13:33, 27 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment: I am sorry, I do not understand. 8 days ago I received a notification that the page had been reviewed by BigHaz, why did not any of these observations occur at that time?--Ane wiki (talk) 18:17, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I hate to say it, but some reviewers are more meticulous than others. The view of a single reviewer, no matter how experienced, cannot preempt the formation of a community consensus to delete. On the other hand, any editor may nominate any page for deletion. The fact that one editor has so nominated this article does not mean that the consensus will be for deletion. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 23:47, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment While I disagree with the implication that my New Page Patrol of the article (not exactly a "review") was less than "meticulous", the substance of this comment is precisely correct (responding here as the article creator posted on my Talk page as well with the same question, and I was on holiday at the time). As I recall, and it was quite some time ago by now, I felt that this subject was in the grey area which many musicians are in, but was happy enough that she just passes, rather than just failing, the relevant standards. Most certainly, though, the fact that a new page is reviewed by a user doesn't mean that the article is safe always and forever from deletion discussions, should another user see things in a different light. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 03:33, 1 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep. I think this passes the GNG. Some sources mention a world tour, which would pass WP:NMUSIC clearly, but not with enough specificity to cite (and it may not have been a formal tour). But let us look in some detail at some of the sources now in the article (including ones added since the AfD was started) and how they contribute to notability, or fail to.DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 23:53, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * http://services.surinenglish.com/virtual/20161028/ seems to be significant coverage, in a regional publication
 * https://www.guidetomalaga.com/i-once-said-id-stay-in-malaga/ is an interview and so contributes little to notability, but the fact that this publication chose to interview the subject has some slight value. It speaks of her as "a seriously good jazz singer and musician" in the editorial voice.
 * http://antigua.lavozdehoy.com/sociedad/sociedad/922-entrevista-con-nancy-ruth-cantante-y-compositora-canadiense-que-vive-en-rincon seems to have several paragraphs of comment on the subject, (judging by a google translate version). I can't tell how local the publication may be, but it should contribute to notability to some extent
 * https://wn.com/nancy_ruth_on_shaw_tv is an interview, but the intro by the interviewer has some value.
 * https://www.womex.com/virtual/ruth_nancy/nancy_ruth is a profile, and is of some value.
 * http://www.allmusic.com/album/its-got-to-be-love-mw0001672220 is only a track listing, but from a quite respectable source.
 * http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/adelaide-fringe/2017/03/06/review-mojito/ is a review (by a quite relaible and independent source) of a musical/dramatic performance in which Ruth starred. It is, in total a significat review, and includes the comment that "But the show belongs to Jones-Devasagayam and Ruth, power and passion in English and Spanish being the hallmarks of their performances" as well as mentioning the "star turns" of Ruth and the other vocal lead.
 * http://www.coastreporter.net/entertainment/arts-entertainment/something-to-get-excited-about-1.1179812 is a strongly positive review of a 3-day festival. It mentions many performers, of which Ruth is only one, although it mentions that her event was sold out in advance. At the least, this independent source confirms her headline presence at this festival, which should make some modest contribution towards notability.
 * http://costadelparty.com/entertainment/live-entertainment/bands-and-groups/revival-party-band1 confirms some facts, but is published by an entertainment provider who was, at the time, booking Ruth. it is therefore not independent, and contributes nothing to notability.
 * http://spectrajazznews.blogspot.com/2012/09/spectra-jazz-welcomes-nancy-ruth.html is also not independent, being an official site of Spectra Jazz, a label that Ruth was signed to. It therefore also contributes nothing to notability. However, although it uses blogspot as a medium, as the official site of a business, it does not count as a blog and is a reliable source, allowing for the possible bias involved in its affiliation with Ruth, and its desire to sell her recordings. It also confirms the existence and tracklist of the Para Ti album.
 * http://www.scottyanow.com/LAJSCDRevJan.html contains a four-paragraph rather positive review of Sangria Jam. The site appears to be a one-person effort, but seem to come under the "expert in the field" exception. Yanow writes " I review CDs regularly for five magazines (Downbeat, Jazziz, the New York City Jazz Record, the Syncopated Times, the Jazz Rag from England and the Los Angeles Jazz Scene), write liner notes, press biographies and press releases for artists and labels, and offer informational lists for sale to independent jazz musicians." See http://www.scottyanow.com/index.html and Scott Yanow
 * http://www.jazzweekly.com/2017/03/nancy-ruth-sangria-jam/ is a positive review of rather more than passing length (2 long paragraphs) of the album Sangria Jam. It comments on various aspects of Ruth's music, and is from a reliable source. This is precisely the sort of thing that notability for a musician is built on.
 * Overall, I think notability is pretty clearly established by the above sources. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 23:53, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Very few of those represent reliable or WP:GNG-passing sources. The vast majority of them are either primary sources or blogs, which cannot be used to support notability at all — and the few that do count as reliable sources don't add up to enough reliable sources. Bearcat (talk) 15:41, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Would you care to be specific, ? I don't think any of the sources I listed above are blogs. I count at least 6 that are from fully reliable and independent sources, and contain significant comment on Ruth. I see several others that are of some limited value in establishing notability. I gave specific evaluations of each source. Which ones do you disagree with? How many sources do you think would be "enough"? DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 18:30, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, In the interest of objectivity and full disclosure, I indicated above those sources i thought of limited or no value in establishing notability. Would you please indicate those you agree contribute usefully to notability, if any? Oh, and you don't mention in your nomination doing any WP:BEFORE searches. What searches for additional sources did you make, if any? This is a responsibility of the nominator at an AfD. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 18:57, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
 * You don't think any of the sources above are blogs? Not even the one (Spectra Jazz News) that has "Blogspot" right in its URL? (And aside from that, Jazz Weekly is on WordPress, which is also a blogging platform.)
 * Let's see what else: Guide to Malaga is not a media outlet, but a tourism-promotion website — and Q&A interviews, in which the subject is speaking about herself, cannot be used to support notability at all. WN is not a media outlet, but an aggregator which simply redistributes content from other sources — and what it's redistributing in this instance is not a notability-conferring media outlet either, but a cable television community channel. Womex falls under primary sources, because it's not a media outlet but a PR site which allows artists to repost their own self-published EPK adverts. Costa del Party is not a reliable source media outlet, but the website of a party planning company with which she's had a direct financial affiliation: a primary source. Scottyanow: not a reliable source media outlet, but an amateur hobbyist jazz reviewer's own self-published website.
 * So what we have for reliable sources is La Voz de Hoy and The Coast Reporter, which are both community weekly newspapers of the type that can be used for supplementary confirmation of stray facts after GNG has already been covered off by stronger sources but cannot be the foundation of a GNG claim in and of themselves even if she were in any way the subject of The Coast Reporter piece at all, and AllMusic, which as you noted is just the track listing of the album (in what's essentially a directory in which every album that has ever been recorded at all gets an entry regardless of whether it clears our notability standards or not) but contains no actual content about either Nancy Ruth or her album (which is what's actually required for an AllMusic entry to assist in bolstering notability rather than just reverifying existence.) And even if we did grant it a GNG point just because it's AllMusic, it still takes more than just one GNG-counting source to pass GNG. Bearcat (talk) 18:51, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

. No I don't think any of them are blogs. Blogspot is a publication platform. it is most often used for blogs, but it is used for other things, also. Spectra Jazz News is not a blog because it is the regular publication of a business about its operations. It would be reliable for anything where it was independent. In this case, unfortunately it is not independent. You say that This is not correct. Introductory statements by the interviewer can help ,establish notability, depending on their content. There is nothing in being a cable-TV channel which makes something not a reliable source. You are confusing "primary source" with "non-independent source" by the way. Jazz Weekly appears to be a professionally run publication with signed reviews, paid advertising, and editorial control. The use of Wordpress does not make it unreliable, that is merely a tool. Scottyanow is not but a professional of some decades standing, notable enough to have his own article here, and comes in via the "expert" rule as an acceptable self-publication. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 19:17, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Firstly, I didn't say that cable channels can't be used to support notability — an overgeneralization which would unwisely wipe out sources like CNN, MSNBC, Sky News or CBC News Network. I said that community channels — the Canadian equivalent to public access television — cannot be used to support notability. The reason for this is the same reason why community weekly newspapers cannot be the foundation of a GNG claim in and of themselves: they're highly prone to granting coverage to presidents of church bake sale committees and elementary school parent-teacher associations, organizers of the local film festival, teenagers who tried out for the high school football team despite having only nine toes, and other "local human interest" topics of no encyclopedic value. They can be used for some supplementary confirmation of stray facts after GNG has already been satisfied by stronger and more widely distributed sources, but it cannot be argued that GNG has been passed because coverage on a community channel or in the local Pennysaver happens to exist.
 * Secondly, I'm not sure where you're finding the distinction between "a blog" and "the regular publication of a business about its operations" — a business writing about its own operations is precisely one of the things blogging can be and is used for. So no, the Blogspot source is neither a reliable one nor "not a blog" just because it's published by a business rather than an underemployed millennial.
 * Thirdly, interviews do work like community channels and pennysavers: they can be used for supplementary confirmation of stray facts after GNG has already been covered off by better sources, but they are not and cannot be used to confer GNG points per se.
 * And no, I'm not confusing "primary sourcing" with "not-independent sourcing", either — not-independent sourcing is a kind of primary sourcing. Bearcat (talk) 16:49, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
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 * Comment, a blog does not contribute to notability because it is a self-published source and so is not reliable. A publication having the form of a blog but that is not self-published does not come under the ban on blogs as sources. WP:RS says: Similarly, a business's own web site has generally been considered reliable for non-controversial data, or for matters where their self-interest is not involved. That a firm uses a blog-style format or blogging tools does not make their site any less (or any more) reliable than if it were on a more traditional company site. But since I already said that in this case this site is not independent, it doesn't really matter if it is considered a blog or not, it doesn't add to notability, although it should be reliable for the content sourced to it. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 00:03, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Interviews says: (Emphasis added) This was the distinction I was trying to make between the independent comments, often in the introduction, and Q&A body of an interview. Is that clearer? DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 00:03, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Winged Blades Godric  04:52, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:ADVOCACY; has an appearance of having been written by someone with a close connection to the subject -- note the use of "Nancy" in the article copy. Notability is marginal, if any. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:10, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * The use of first names is a common error in people used to current pop journalism and not to Wikipedia. It need not mean clsoe affiliation. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 23:42, 5 July 2017 (UTC) Note that WP:ADVOCACY does not suggest deletion as a means of dealing with such content. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 23:51, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment In my list of sources above, i somehow missed http://www.cadencejazzmagazine.com/membersonly/admin/assets/CadenceApril2017%20.pdf (p.164), a full page review from a reliable independent source. Nor did Bearcat comment on it above. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 23:51, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete I reviewed all of the references, did a quick web search, and I disagree that the subject has received a substantial coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. It's a delete, even before considering the potential COI issues. Rentier (talk) 18:32, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete I took note of all the back and forth between users DES and Bearcat before I started checking references on my own. Coverage for the sake of coverage isn’t necessarily notability (please note the criteria specifies that subjects may be notable rather than are notable). There simply isn’t much significant third party coverage—I emphasize significant—to indicate more than existence. The references are fairly run of the mill for any artist who aspires to achieve recognition, taking advantage of the many online opportunities to be listed, interviewed, reviewed, etc.. That’s not to say such sources are unreliable. Just unimportant, really, for indicating that a subject has received the kind of independent recognition that establishes wikipedia notability. That it was revealed that this page was created for promotional purposes further solidifies my ivote. ShelbyMarion (talk) 14:11, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Looking at the sources mentioned above, almost all of them are either mere notices or unreliable. The analysis given seems to show not notable, rather than notable.  DGG ( talk ) 16:30, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment I received an email from someone claiming to be Ruth's manager, claiming to have additional sources. See User talk:TeamNancy for the email and my response. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 17:45, 13 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment Some of the press clippings that are not online, I tried to explain as Mr DESiegel suggested. I hope that will help determine her notability.
 * ”Nancy Ruth. Nancy Ruth”. Author: Ben Avern - Attractions Magazine. December 1998 - Review of her first album. - offline -


 * ”Nancy Ruth”. Author: Barry Newman. - Cosmic Debris Musician Magazine, page 6, May 1998 -Article about Nancy Ruth's career up to that point; author's prose, with interview inserts - offline -.


 * ”Veteran musician Ruth returns home to find a strong local following”. - Times Colonist. August 1998. Brief review of his career and of his presentation in Victoria, Canada.


 * ”Jazz met Spaanse `touch´.” Author: Door Klaas Koopman - Dutch News - September 19, 2008. - Article about Ruth on her tour of the Netherlands, CD release ”Me Quedo”


 * http://www.ebeltoftkulturhus.dk/arrangementer.asp?id=389 Denmark tour.


 * ”Nancy Ruth Trio fra Canada i Kulturministeriet lordag” - Djursland Portalen. September 17, 2011 . Article about Nancy and her career, on tour with Nancy Ruth Trio, in Denmark.

TeamNancy (talk) 07:35, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
 * ”Flamenco, jazz og pop med Nancy Ruth Trio”. Viborg NYT, September 2011 - About Nancy and her career, on tour with Nancy Ruth Trio, in Denmark - is not the same article as the previous -


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