Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicolai Lomov

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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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:11, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nicolai Lomov

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Doesn't establish notability of the subject under WP:MUSIC. There are no references substantiating notability Bazaryakov 02:24, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment Have you notified the author? --Malcolmxl5 02:29, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

How do I do that? Bazaryakov 02:30, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Just put {{subst:adw|Nicolai Lomov}} ~~~~ on their talk page in a new section titled 'AfD: Nicolai Lomov', or similar. --Malcolmxl5 02:33, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

I have now. Thanks, Malcolmxl5 Bazaryakov 02:39, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

No problem, Bazaryakov. I see you put it on Ben's user page so I've moved it over to the talk (discussion) page. --Malcolmxl5 02:45, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

*Delete. Anyway, back to the AfD. I agree with you, Nicolai does not seem to meet the criteria for musicians --Malcolmxl5 02:49, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Keep I have switched to keep as a number of sources have been found. Lomov is clearly more than just another pianist. He performs widely and has apparently made a number of recordings (though I can only find one in WorldCat). There are references to him in articles in the Boston Globe and a couple of classical music magazines. I think now we can spend some time building up this article beyond a stub. --Malcolmxl5 21:34, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Delete I only found this source, but still seems to fails WP:MUSIC. Carlosguitar 02:57, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep per Ben Tibbetts's sources. Carlosguitar 02:10, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:N, WP:RS, and WP:MUSIC. STORMTRACKER 94 Stormtracker94 12:22, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Hey guys, thanks for the note. Keep. I could be reading this incorrectly, but if WP:MUSIC designates that multiple independent works concerning a musician deems it notable then Nicolai Lomov has a documentary (?) on the IMDB, an article in a classical music magazine, and a brief article describing him as a juror for the Boston International Piano Competition found here. I'm not sure about the documentary but one would think a classical music magazine would be a fairly reliable source as would the latter article, so WP:RS seems okay to me. As the author of the article I should have added these links and information right away. Actually, my original reason for writing up this quick article stub was to complete a link in List of classical pianists. If this article's going to be deleted I think it appropriate that link should be removed. Ben Tibbetts 17:51, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep, he is notable. A documentaery was done on him. He is a "real" recording musician. Callelinea 19:08, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Which documentary? Any sources? I will change my position if the documentary was made by a notable channel. Carlosguitar 00:06, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Callelinea is right. Subject of a documentary. Plus, his story's been featured in the Boston Globe and San Jose Mercury News.--Sethacus 01:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment An assertation of notability in the lead is needed in my view, as all it says now is that's he's a classical pianist, which by itself is not notable. Has he won any awards perhaps? Callelinea: you say he's a 'recording' musician? That needs to be added to the article together with a list of his recordings, if you can do it. Sethacus: Can you add references to the article from the Boston Globe and San Jose Mercury News? The article really needs to say more than just that he's a classically trained pianist who once played with a not-notable orchestra, emigrated to the States and now teaches. --Malcolmxl5 19:18, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I have just added a ref to a Boston Globe article {one of several BG articles I found on him) plus added some information. I think more attention is needed on this article. The Globe article and IMDb entry assert he was a dishwasher when he came to America. Now, he is a lauded classical pianist, the subject of a documentary film. Surely, he deserves attention. I'll be adding articles at my discretion (whether or not they speak to notability) throughout the day.--Sethacus 20:41, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
Comment Well, it doesn't seem necessary to add refs, but I added information. A source I found online says he produced 15 CDs, yet I can't find any evidence of them. I'm going to try and get more on this offline.--Sethacus 21:34, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
I'm happy to lend a hand to expand the article, if I'm able to do so. --Malcolmxl5 22:18, 1 October 2007 (UTC)


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