Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rachael Cantu

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.--Fuhghettaboutit 00:56, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rachael Cantu[edit]

Lack of notability WebHamster 23:22, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Given that the article's subject has been a professional artist for less than 2 years in a non-main-stream music genre with only one album and an EP to her name. I fail to see how there is enough notability for any artist of that experience to be notable enough for inclusion in an encyclopaedia, AllMusic yes, Wikipedia no. WebHamster 23:27, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I am the primary author. The nomination ignores the relevant guidelines for notability (WP:MUSIC) and shows a lack of awareness of the status quo on Wikipedia articles related to popular music. Rachael Cantu is a more accomplished and established musician than many others already in Wikipedia - for example Amy Macdonald, who has been famous for only a few weeks! Cantu has toured North America at least three times, twice as a support act for the hugely successful and popular Tegan and Sara, and her debut album was considered artistically strong and commercially successful by independent critics. Cantu was previously referenced by the author of the article on Tegan and Sara because Tegan Quin appeared as a backing vocalist on her debut album. That collaboration alone makes Cantu notable and worthy of inclusion. Rubywine 00:37, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Good well sourced article with variety of sources including The Boston Globe. By the way, an artist with a profile on All Music Guide especially with a bio is notable enough for inclusion in my book. Capitalistroadster 01:30, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I feel that in this respect Wikipedia is not like other encyclopedias. I took a look at the article and it seems worth keeping. She is also on my internet music provider; so somebody knows her... Brusegadi 01:34, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - under WP:MUSIC, she seems to meet the multiple non-trivial reliable sources requirement, and she's toured nationally according to those sources, so she seems to meet the guidelines. Tony Fox (arf!) 03:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Capitalroadster, Brusegadi and Tony Fox. --Arnzy (talk · contribs) 13:45, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep evidently notable enough, as said above. I think the article could with some work doing to it, but no outright deletion. Acalamari 20:35, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the above. Wasted Time R 03:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.