Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Qiu Xia He


 * 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 Keep, the evidence brought forward by those supporting keeping the article shows it does meet the relevant notability guideline and addresses the concerns of the delete opinions which all mention notability and were before that evidence was brought forward. Davewild (talk) 17:02, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Qiu Xia He

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Is this musician sufficiently notable? I don't see enough evidence. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 15:20, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions.   --  Beloved  Freak  15:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.   --  Beloved  Freak  15:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Not notable enough for her own article, but should be mentioned in any articles of groups that she had played with. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 15:54, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete Per WP:N TheAsianGURU (talk) 19:50, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, article fails to establish notability as per WP:MUSIC.   Esradekan Gibb    "Talk" 22:37, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong keep - 6 CDs, notable pipa player in Canada, meets notability requirements. The fact that the editor proposing deletion did not take the 40 seconds it would have taken to notify the article's creator shows bad faith, and reinforces the suspicion that this is a disruptive proposal. Badagnani (talk) 03:43, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The fact that this editor makes an optional notification supposedly mandatory shows that this keep vote is disruptive. --Nlu (talk) 03:49, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep The article might not provide enough evidence of the subject's notability but that's cause for use of the notability tag. A google search indicates that the artist has been the subject of multiple non-trivial mention in independent publications as for instance here, here, here and this pdf download. These are all mentions that focus on the individual musician herself but there are other mentions that focus more on the Silk Road group she founded. Given that the genre in question is not some mainstream stuff but apparently some fairly obscure fusion of world music, I think that's pretty damn notable. Easily qualifies per criteria 1 of WP:MUSIC.--Bardin (talk) 07:52, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, passes notability guidelines. Just because sources aren't in the article, doesn't mean they don't exist. Subject is notable and verifiable, so article should be kept, however much cleanup it needs.-- Beloved Freak  23:21, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Although possibly we should have an article on "Silk Road music", the group with the Juno Award nomination, and merge her into it. WP:MUSIC says on number 8 that "Has won or been nominated for a major music award, such as a Grammy, Juno, Mercury or Grammis award" is a qualification.--T. Anthony (talk) 07:36, 19 April 2008 (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.