Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kuldip Manak

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 of the debate was No Consensus, default action is keep. Babajobu 19:44, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kuldip Manak

Delete. I don't believe this artist meets the criteria of WP:MUSIC. Very hard to read (may or may not have been wrote by a native English speaker). — Ian Manka Talk to me! 03:33, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete It asserts all the songs were hits, which would be very unusual. Not even all the songs on a Madonna CD are hits. Ruby 03:49, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep - seems to be a reasonably notable Punjabi singer. Referred to as "famous" and "legendary" in some Indian press. Dbtfz (talk - contribs) 05:05, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Referred to as famous and legendary pretty much everywhere, for that matter. --Malthusian (talk) 14:58, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment The article is so poorly written that it is very hard to pick any meaningful information out of the text. I believe that it was written by someone with English as a second or other language and does require a rewrite to bring it up to this WP's standard.  (aeropagitica)  07:43, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and rewrite. Jcuk 12:07, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Desitunes4u.com like him [1], and that's good enough for me - they're the best English resource on Indian music I'm aware of. Will try to rewrite myself this evening if no-one else does. --Malthusian (talk) 15:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I originally thought to not list this for deletion, as you'll see by my disclaimer at the top of the page in question. I was thinking more along the lines of a rewrite, but as (aeropagitica) said, "it is very hard to pick any meaningful information out of the text." I agree, thus why I listed it for deletion. But if Last Malthusian is willing to rewrite the article, I'd probably be interested in unlisting it for deletion. — Ian Manka Talk to me! 20:49, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

• Keep as per Last Malthusian and reports by Indian press. Hall Monitor 17:47, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Well, I cleaned it up, but I found exactly zero sources for a biography or even a half-way complete discography, despite the fact that a Google search shows artist after artist naming him as an influence and recording with him. I took some of the wilder claims out and added the scandal about his brother. I've contacted the article's creator to see if he knows any more. --Malthusian (talk) 21:29, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I found the same too, when I searched for him on Google, which I neglected to mention earlier. Thanks for trying to get this thing back together! — Ian Manka Talk to me! 21:39, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete unverifible, per Malthusian. Stifle 14:51, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, "Many other Indian music artists have cited Kuldip Manak as one of their favourite musicians and an inspiration" Kappa 16:39, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

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.