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 delete. - Mailer Diablo 17:49, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sarah Kraus[edit]

Non Notable (see below) Voceditenore 23:03, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support deletion not notable bio. NHRHS2010^Talk 23:07, .3 October 2007 (UTC)
Delete Okay, so she was in several plays. So? There are many people that are in theatre that don't have articles here. Delete per WP:BIO. NASCAR Fan24^{(radio me!)} 23:23, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I proposed Delete for the following reasons:

There is no evidence that Ms. Kraus has sung a principal role (or even a minor one) in any major opera house. The Amato Opera has a seating capacity of 110 and its mission is to create "a platform for aspiring young artists." [1]. The others mentioned in the article but not referenced are two community outreach companies Opera Company of Brooklyn, Opera Iowa/Des Moines Metro Opera and the Tulsa Opera Studio (which appears to give opera and voice training)
She has not won or placed in any major music competitons. The only one referenced is as one of the 14 finalists in the Connecticut Opera Guild competition, although she did not win one of the top prizes there. [2]
Her one recording listed is of a live Manhattan School of Music performance in NYC of Thomas Pasatieri's The Seagull. She had a very small role, Pauline. The actual performance was reviewed in both the New York Times and New York Magazine. She wasn't mentioned in either article.
Of her three documented concert appearances, one consisted of singing 'Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the Army' from Irving Berlin's White Christmas at Offutt Air Force Base. The remaining two were student concerts at the University of Virginia. All references were simply concert announcements.
This is the Google search for "Sarah Kraus" mezzo soprano (minus listings of the Seagull cd in the main online record shops).
The article does not fulfill even one of the criteria for notability for musicians and ensembles

I am also concerned about a possible conflict of interest on the part of the sole author Steggles. Note the image page for the article. [3] This is a possibly promising fledgling opera singer (one of literally thousands), who may or may not one day achieve a significant career in music but, unfortunately, has not done so yet.Voceditenore 23:57, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete awaiting evidence of her individual notability. JJL 00:24, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom . . . even though she is rather pretty. -- Kleinzach 01:51, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - the article is more like a promotional “flyer” content rather than an encyclopedia - unless if Wikipedia is “really” a promotional site, in which I doubt so. What the author could do if he/she wants to keep the article is to make it more like an encyclopedia content, for details about it, please refer to other tenor/soprano’s articles - Jay 14:57, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'm afraid it's not a just a question of style, although it does indeed read like a résumé. The inherent non-notability of the career remains, regardless of how it's written up - even if one could find verifiable secondary sources, significant press coverage, etc. to support what's already there. I tried very hard to find them myself before proposing this for deletion. They just aren't there. Voceditenore 15:32, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - non-notable per Voceditenore. Moreschi ^Talk 18:55, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.