On 19 November 2011 13:06, Carol Moore <contactme(a)carolmoore.net> wrote:
Because the two editors calling for deletion may be
biased vs. woman
pianist's ethnicity, I don't know if this really is an article fit for
deletion, especially for those of us who are inclusionists.
I've taken a look at this. I'm not seeing any evidence of bias about
either
ethnicity or sex; I'm seeing at best a bias against low-quality sourcing in
a BLP. That does not mean the subject of the article is not notable; it
means that the reference sources provided aren't supporting it terribly
well. My suspicion is that there might be better sources in the language
spoken where she lives, or possibly in hard-copy vs online sources. Some
reviews of her performances rather than just a listing might even be
sufficient, but the notability threshold does not appear to have been met
with the current sources.
I confess, having been one of the people who's had to deal with some pretty
serious problems in BLPs, especially small ones with few devoted watchers,
I wonder if Ms. Sarkissian is best served by being mentioned in the
articles of her students whose notability is more easily established,
rather than in a standalone article. I have to say that I'd expect some
stronger sourcing specific to the subject herself rather than mentions of
her in the biographies of her students; the theory that "notability isn't
inherited" goes in both directions. I can assure you that my grade school
piano teacher, who also taught at least three people who went on to become
respected professional musicians, is not noteworthy.
Risker/Anne