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The result was keep. - Mailer Diablo 01:56, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Philip Kraus (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

This is almost certainly an autobiography, the author is a single-purpose account and "Kraus" vs. x in the username would be a plausible alias. The subject is probably notable, although there are remakably few Google hits and I've not heard of him (I listen to almost nothing but classical music). The sources all seem to fail independence, since they sre his profile pages on his employers' websites. Guy (Help!) 18:52, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I agree that this is obviously an autobiography. Clearly, this guy has sung at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and has translated a bunch of operettas (which translations he is trying to sell on his website). I went through all the cites carefully and made detailed comments about them on the talk page, as well as adding more "Cite Needed" tags to the article. If he really did found a professional operetta company, he ought to come up with a reliable cite for it. He is a newbie to WP, and apparently very knowledgeable about operetta, so I think he could become a very valuable Wikipedian. So, I am trying to encourage him to come up with verifiable, reliable references. He responded somewhat to my first comments to him, so I am hopeful that we can come to a WP:CONSENSUS with him about the article. Best regards, -- Ssilvers 19:09, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep While not having won any awards (not that I saw in the article), he has founded a group and been a director of such and has had (what appears to be) an extensive career in opera. --Ozgod 19:29, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. The Light Opera Works is well-known in Chicago and is one of the few professional venues in the U.S. that concentrates entirely on "light opera", i.e. Gilbert & Sullivan, stage musicals, etc. Google News Archive shows numerous sources (most behind paywalls, unfortunately) from Chicago-area newspapers. --Dhartung | Talk 19:37, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • For some unexplained reason, the page was blanked just before the AfD. I'm not sure what page to restore, but the real versions are still in the edit history. DGG 00:41, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep He didn't just "sing" at the Lyric Opera of Chicago-- he has sung there for the past 16 seasons. Besides translating some operettas, he has produced them. A notable career, and there are some 3rd party reviews to point it out. More would make a better article, but even at present it's enough for N. DGG 00:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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