Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meng Keo Pichenda

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The result was Keep per consensus regarding the subject's notability in the Cambodian popular culture. Non-admin closure. Warrah (talk) 04:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Meng Keo Pichenda[edit]

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Delete. Zero hits on Google News archives. Before someone cries "systemic bias", I am more than willing to accept non-trivial coverage from non-English third party party publications. I'm not finding any evidence of that though... JBsupreme (talk) 07:32, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

* Delete unless extensive sources (in any language) can be presented to prove this musician's notability. McMarcoP (talk) 12:49, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

- Seeing the sources mentioned below, I change my position to Keep and suggest that such sources are referenced in the article. McMarcoP (talk) 10:54, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Cambodia-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:43, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:43, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - looking through Google, I see a lot of videos, but no news stories. Many of the other Ghits read like "The Best of Engrish Online." It appears that she may be notable from her many TV appearances. Bearian (talk) 23:21, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Check the profile at Womad. According to this profile published by SrokKhmer.fr she is considered one of the most popular artists in Cambodia today. She is also mentioned among singers, who "introduced new musical styles to the country". However, this link is only passing mention. Her name appears in the Encyclopaedia Of Southeast Asia And Its Tribes. Unfortunately, I can't search in Khmer language. --Vejvančický (talk) 08:08, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm leaning to keep. Note! She is also known as Meng Keo Pichdu, Meng Keo Picheta, and Meg Keo Pich Chenda. We're very hampered by not having machine translation of Khmer. She is said here and here to be a singing star. Ah, now here's a full Cambodia Daily news story from 1998 about her:[1] Fences&Windows 21:46, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- If anyone can read Khmer, her name is ម៉េង កែវពេជ្ជតា, and here's a search:[2]. These are stories about her:[3][4] Fences&Windows 21:58, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've asked the seven recently active Khmer-speaking en.wikipedians to help with this AfD. Fences&Windows 22:27, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I insist to keep the article. I am Cambodian who is working in Khmer Wikipedia. As of my knowledge, Meng Keo Pichenda (her "calling" name, used widely amongst Cambodian people to refer to her)or Meng Keo Picheta(her formal name, as the name written in Khmer"ម៉េង កែវពេជ្ជតា"would pronounce) is one of popular singers in Cambodia in the 1990s. Nowadays, even she has less activities on TV or music world, her songs are still popular amongst Cambodia music listener.--គីមស៊្រុន (talk) 05:46, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Google News doesn't search any Cambodian news sources. Searching Google for ម៉េង កែវពេជ្ជតា produces a good number of hits, including front page hits from Cambodian news web sites like camnews.org and cen.com.kh. --Roger McCoy/រ៉ាចើ (talk) 07:11, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I think this is a notable Cambodia singer who is well known in Cambodia. Sources exist in Khmer but please remember that countries like Cambodia are not likely to have a wealth of info online yet about most topics. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 12:14, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think that we can keep this page, because the person mentioned is a notable person in Cambodia at least. However, it needs more sources, whether they are in English or Khmer (Not that I'm volunteering.)PikachuGyeong (talk) 22:27, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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