Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ram Narayan


 * 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. Shereth 21:05, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Ram Narayan

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Delete unsourced one-liner that's been tagged for months. While some may assert that articles claiming that so-and-so is one of the "best", "foremost", "greatest", "prettiest" etc. confers a claim of notability to defeat application of WP:CSD, I tend to disagree; as these are mere opinions and who I think is the "best", etc., may not accord with what anyone else thinks - but if someone can find sources for this individual, go for it and if he's so notable, perhaps someone will find when and where he was born which are essentials to any encyclopedic biography of a person born in modern times.... Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:33, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Anybody can assert notability, but it needs to be verified somewhere. Weak keep per Matt91486. justinfr (talk) 19:39, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep—I found a mention of him in a verifable source and added it to the article. I think that notability is covered by winning an award, though I'm not really in a position to judge the notability of the award.  If anyone can tell me its akin to a bake-off then I'll change my vote.  Livitup (talk) 19:49, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - I don't know how significant the award is, but if it is, I think it'll confer notability. matt91486 (talk) 22:46, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * '"Keep"' - I know for a fact that this guy is a very significiant musician. On the Sarangi page Sir Yehudi Menuhin has noted the Sarangi's sound and mentioned Ram Narayan. I found more on him at the blog http://con-stellations.blogspot.com/2007/01/ram-narayan-sarangis-hum-and-buzz.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rohitbhatia (talk • contribs) 09:39, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  19:55, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. The award is significant enough to be awarded by the Governor of a state with a population of nearly 100 million and to be reported in a national newspaper in India, so I'm sure it's enough to confer notability. Phil Bridger (talk) 15:00, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'm actually surprised there isn't a larger article about this famous Sarangi player. Sud Ram (talk) 15:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


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