Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sagar Sarkar

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 delete. —Cryptic (talk) 15:52, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sagar Sarkar

NN Musician fails WP:MUSIC google 'sagar sakar' +musician returns 10 hits MNewnham 19:40, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

The name is spelt wrong in the earlier check, it is sarkar google 'sagar sarkar'+ contraband returns several relevant hits. Further verification of sources on the article are also authentic. Google 'Packabelles' returns the band page and there is indeed a vrushali bokil in the band.

• rechecked viz above note, still fails WP:MUSIC MNewnham 14:55, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

• please check http://m.domaindlx.com/milinddate/Albums-Recordings%201.htm - Milind Date, the famous Indian flautist has recorded several albums on authorised labels, many of these are South Asian labels, but in all fairness would be very discriminatory not to consider. Sagar Sarkar and his band Contraband was the first musician Milind Date played with and even mentions this on the site. This fulfils Wikipedia criterion that the band should have at least one known artiste who has officially released recordings on known labels. In India Sagar Sarkar is well known as a pioneer of the Pune Blues scene. (that was User:Mifern NickelShoe 19:36, 22 December 2005 (UTC))

• I suggest renaming this page to contraband (band), with a much more prominent link to Milind Date (who clearly does have a verifiable discography and easily qualifies for his own wikipedia article, and appears to be the only qualifier for a contraband entry), and if necessary, adding Sagar Sarkar as a redirect. The assertion that Sagar Sarkar is known as the 'Father of Indian Blues' appears totally unverifible (0 google hits) , and the single reference to Pune Blues in the context of a musical style appears on the band's site, pretty much making it a neologism. with that, I'll change my opinion to very weak keep MNewnham 20:28, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

• Comment Contraband Pune already has a page. NickelShoe 16:25, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

• Comment Contraband Pune appears to have been speedy deleted, but I'm not really sure why. NickelShoe 15:15, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
• Userify and Delete. 10 google results for "Sagar Sarkar" (with quotes). Move content to User:Sagarsarkar and delete. utcursch | talk 08:43, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletions. -- Rob 15:48, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

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