Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Rokia Traoré

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The result of the debate was keep. Tony Sidaway|Talk 22:20, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rokia Traoré

This has been speedy deleted twice [1]:

• First time: {{db|vanity}}Rokia Traoré is a Malian singer.Her music is characterized by an artistic style embedded in the mélant tradition andmodernism. S...')
• Second time: just an external link.

This one was tagged for "deleteagain". I don't believe this content is speediable at all. She gets 43,000 google hits [2] and the article says "The album got the prestigious BBC 3 World Music Award" Keep and don't speedy please. Kappa 00:54, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, three albums, BBC award, international tour, prominent representative of Malian music. Satisfies plenty of the WP:NMG criteria. --bainer (talk) 01:33, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, clearly meete music guidelines--nixie 01:58, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• Strong keep. Well-known artist. - Mustafaa 03:03, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Notable artist meeting Wikimusic project guidelines. Capitalistroadster 03:07, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Meets WP:MUSIC. AиDя01DTALK 03:09, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
• Weak keep: The artist is substantial and recognized far outside of her region. However, the writing is currently quite POV and forces readers to go to Google to find out information that should be there. Geogre 03:51, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep but expand, to give deeper context. --Simon Cursitor 07:22, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Over 20,000 Google hits each for the name with and without the accent on the "e." [3] [4] This is even more notable when you consider that fewer people in that part of the world have internet access. --Blackcats 08:35, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Revolución 19:59, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• Comment. I have expanded the article as requested. No change of vote from keep.Capitalistroadster 01:56, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
• Strong keep of course. Excellent singer, and has become a relatively big name. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:32, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

• KeepShould NOT even be questiond

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