Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bridget Irish

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 delete. Maxim (☎) 19:17, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bridget Irish

Seems to be a non-notable local artist. All references I found were in the local The Olympian newspaper. SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 18:25, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No substantial coverage to be seen, subject hasn't done too much notable, seems to be a vanity article. Rwiggum (^Talk/_Contrib) 01:30, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete despite the plea above and some mentions of the subject that aren't in The Olympian newspaper which I found here she still appears to fail our notability and verfiability criteria. Jasynnash2 (talk) 10:15, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - coverage in The Olympian is sustained over a significant period of time (years), and coverage is not just the Olympian but also includes Arts and Culture press ([1], [2]). -- Whpq (talk) 18:02, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, --Falcon Darkstar Kirtaran (talk) 22:30, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'd originally closed this as no consensus, however SatyrTN protested this on the grounds that the sources cited by Whpq are not nontrivial coverage from reliable sources. I have relisted this in order to better establish the sources' reliability and gain more consensus. --Falcon Darkstar Kirtaran (talk) 22:30, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - The first reference is most definitely non-trivial. She is the primary subject of the article, and the second is arguable as it covers a festival in which she was a performer. -- Whpq (talk) 12:53, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails WP:SOURCES (the article has none!) and WP:BIO on every count. -- JediLofty ^{Talk to me}_{Follow me} 08:23, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

comment - On sources, the issue is not whether the article has sources, but whether sources exist. I've already shown that sources do exist that cover the artist, and for what it's worth, I've now added them to the article. -- Whpq (talk) 12:49, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply: The Weekly Volcano fails WP:RS. While The Stranger is a more reliable paper to be sure, it has barely a two-sentence mention in an article that was about much more than just her. Furthermore, that paper is also a Seattle-based paper, proving that Irish is locally known, but not proving that she's notable. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 12:57, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply - exactly... the article doesn't have any RELIABLE sources. -- JediLofty ^{Talk to me}_{Follow me} 13:21, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply - If local coverage is the concern, there is a review of her performance included in an overall festival review in the Boston Phoenix. Her work does appear to have attracted notice as her performances in festivals do get covered as part of overall festival coverage. -- Whpq (talk) 14:48, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral two of those, sources on the bottom is valid. Otherwise, somebody put a purple tag and tag for merge to a larger article instead.--Freewayguy ^{What's up?} 18:32, 2 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.