Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Noelle Brooks


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The result was delete - Philippe  23:27, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Noelle Brooks

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This person does not meet the wikipedia notability requirements. Nrswanson (talk) 18:09, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable Dreamspy (talk) 18:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete . I don't think we'd regard the Festival Opera in Northern California as notable. I didn't find anything about her New Zealand debut. The Los Angeles Music Center is a venue not a company - it's the home of the LA Opera but I can't find any mention of her singing there. The ConcertoNet link seems to show that she understudied and probably performed Lucia at the SFO but that's all. I'd be prepared to change my vote to 'Keep' if anyone can come up with something more substantial.--Kleinzach (talk) 23:37, 25 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Per Kleinzach.Nrswanson (talk) 01:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

*Weak Keep The sources down at the bottom mention her as having performed Lucia with SFO, as well as performing Candide with the California Symphony (which looks professional enough to be notable...). The RS coverage the article provides is mediocre, but I feel like her notability could be better established if the article got some TLC.  Sing  Cal  00:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC) Delete I didn't realize how much leg work had already been done to satisfy WP:MUSIC. She's just not there, I guess.  Sing  Cal  02:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. It sounds as if she started out with a bang as one of those promising 'young artists', but then nothing after those performances in Walnut Creek. (Festival Opera in Northern California is not a particularly notable company.) Apparently, she also sang Lucia with Rolando Villazon as Edgardo in Guadalajara at about the same time. But again not a particularly notable company and since then... absolutely nothing. I suspect she's trying to launch a new career as a pop singer, at least judging by the article's cats. When/if she eventually becomes notable, the article can always be re-created.Voceditenore (talk) 12:34, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment It looks like she was the cover for the role of Lucia at SFO and got to step in for a few performances when Schafer got sick. See Here. Otherwise the SFO archives do not list any other performances with her. The California Symphony is a bit more impressive (it's still only a relatively minor regional orchestra) but it looks like Richardson has abandoned her singing career by lack of work in recent years. She didn't do much in the first place so I am still saying delete. Her article can always be recreated if and when she actually starts to do notable work. Also, there is no evidence that her last name is really Brooks now from a third party source.Nrswanson (talk) 04:04, 31 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment. "The RS coverage the article provides is mediocre, but I feel like her notability could be better established if the article got some TLC.". The coverage that's there, was added by me when the article was being considered for AfD. I wanted to make sure that we weren't missing something. I've searched exhaustively not only in the English language press, but also in Spanish, German and Italian, as well as in specialist opera publications, and via Highbeam Research to which I have a subscription. I'm afraid the coverage just isn't there, no matter how much TLC were to be applied.Voceditenore (talk) 06:19, 31 March 2008 (UTC)


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