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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 03:24, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tereza Elizarova (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Subject of article appears to be the lead singer of a New York City wedding band that specializes in Jewish Music from the former Soviet Union. The article mentions her birth date and country of origin, then shifts focus to discuss the band itself. The single reference provided is a 2002 New York Times Arts section review that discusses area "wedding bands," and mentions this band in one brief paragraph at the end [1]. Google News returns zero hits for either "Tereza Elizarova" or "Ensemble Tereza" and the Google hits for these two terms don't reveal any other reliable sources that I can see [2][3]. I don't believe that this one mention renders a local wedding band notable enough to have an article in Wikipedia. As far as I can see, this article fails the general notability guidelines, as well as WP:ARTIST, and WP:MUSIC.

I tagged the article for notability, references, clean up, and tone, but it has been improved very little since its creation on 7-12, and there have been no edits at all since 7-13. I have also spelled out my concerns on the talk page. Only one other article links to this one, the article Mountain Jews in which this person is listed as a "Notable Mountain Jew" by way of an edit made on 7-12, the day the Tereza Elizarova article was created [4]. PROD was contested by another editor (not the author of the article) when the NYT reference was found.

Finally, the article is named for one person, yet most of the article is about the band. Is this meant to be a biography? If so, then I have to say that this one member of this one wedding band is certainly not notable. If not, then, if the article is kept, it should be moved to the group's name. Transity ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:22, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - I tried to find additional coverage about this person/music group and was not able to find any reliable sources to establish notability. The single NY Times piece is not enough. I did find this which indicates to me that this is likely spam, and is also a borderline WP:COPYVIO. -- Whpq (talk) 16:37, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• I don't see obvious COPYVIO or SPAM, so I'll assume good faith. But I cannot find sources to establish notability, so the article may need to be deleted. Cnilep (talk) 16:56, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:33, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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