Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pitelu Chowdaiah


 * 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 of the debate was no consensus to delete. Johnleemk | Talk 13:02, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Pitelu Chowdaiah moved to Tirumakudalu Chowdiah
No google hits whatsoever. I am not an expert on African classical musicians, but this strikes me as non-notable. --Maru (talk) Contribs 17:45, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
 * This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now. &mdash;Crypticbot (operator) 15:31, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep expertise in African music would be of little avail as he is Indian. As he was described as the leading violinist in an Indian state with a population similar to France, I didn't share your feeling that he was non-notable so I looked him up. He was actually called Mysore T Chowdaiah and he really does have a music hall named after him in the 4th or 5th largest city in India, as well as a road and an Indian national music award. He's been dead for 40 years but his recordings are still available. His google hits are lower than for a minor current U.S. pop starlet, but I don't think his notability is in any doubt. CalJW 17:30, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand as per CalJW. Significant Indian musician. Capitalistroadster 22:34, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, per CalJW. (Good job tracking down who this is.) - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 23:21, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Tirumakudalu Chowdiah, the exact name with a pre-existing article. Meanwhile, I'd merge whatever information can be merged. Pitelu actually refers to fidelu or phidelu, the word for violin in South Indian languages. Chowdiah hailed from Mysore and hence it is sometimes used as a prefix. For the spelling of Chowdiah, Google generates 9000 hits!! btw, impressive afd monitoring I should say. I saw this some 24 hrs back but it slipped my mind later - and I find that it is already rescued. Great work and apologies for my delay, folks!! --Gurubrahma 12:28, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I've done the redirects. I think this can be closed now. CalJW 15:07, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this is en.wiki, therefore non english names are not appropriate here--Abon 1234 15:08, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Please would you specify what you mean by non-English names? =Nichalp   «Talk»=  13:33, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Per gurubrahma =Nichalp   «Talk»=  13:33, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. Nichalp, don't feed the troll. :-) --Last Malthusian 09:06, 28 November 2005 (UTC)


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