Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cathy Maguire

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. MBisanz ^talk 13:07, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cathy Maguire[edit]

Unsourced article about an Irish musician, I haven't been able to find any mentions in reliable-sources or indeed any further information about her or the albums the article claims have been released. Appears to fail WP:MUSIC. ~ mazca ^{t | c} 13:10, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ - there are indeed no verifiable sources in the article for the various claims of notability. The three published albums cannot be traced and are hence not notable. She performed on the Irish national television RTÉ.[1], but that does not seem to be enough according to WP:MUSIC. Han-Kwang (t) 15:23, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep - with the reference in The Argus newspaper provided by Michig below, and the couple of words on her background during the TV show, I'd say it (just barely) meets criterion 1 of WP:MUSIC (multiple published works). Personally I'd still rather say "delete" since even on the website of the artist there are not even titles of any of her CDs, but I'll follow the Wikipedia guideline here. Han-Kwang (t) 05:18, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:40, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:40, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. After a couple of minutes searching on Google, I found this from The Times which backs up some of the information in the article. Her performance on popular national TV show The Late Late Show, can be seen here, the introduction to her performance confirming her earlier career and 3 albums. There's also an article about her from The Argus here. --Michig (talk) 18:07, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some further coverage here of a performance for the US Ambassador and Irish PM.--Michig (talk) 07:45, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It could serve as a reference, but it does not classify as "media coverage" supporting notability IMO. Han-Kwang (t) 15:03, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete per WP:V and WP:MUSIC. (With no prejudice to recreation if relevance sources/etc can be provided.) There isn't a single cite in the article itself (therefore serious WP:V issues). Also, per Hankwang, while there is some "second-hand" references to "3 albums while a child", there are no original sources which provide specific details of these albums (titles? release dates? sales?), nor any references to label signings, awards, charted hits, etc. With every respect intended, appearing on the Late Late or being defamed by a blogger doesn't really constitute a meet on "significant coverage" on their own. (The Times article isn't about the article subject. It's about the libel action. And therefore doesn't really contribute to notability.) Guliolopez (talk) 21:30, 7 September 2008 (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.