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The result was keep. Consensus here is that the subject meets notability guidelines ( WP:BASIC/ WP:GNG) per source coverage. ( Non-administrator closure) NorthAmerica ¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:44, 16 June 2014 (UTC) reply

Asha Mevlana

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This article does not appear to meet any of the notability guidelines for music. The article is also poorly sourced, especially for a biography of a living person. In addition, it appears that the creation of the article as well as essentially every non-trivial edit was performed by one of two single-purpose accounts Paisarepa ( talk) 06:28, 3 June 2014 (UTC) reply

• Keep. I was fully expecting to find absolutely nothing out there for her and to argue for the article's deletion. However she has received quite a bit of coverage and the website for Invert shows quite a bit of coverage. Some of what is currently on the article could be seen as trivial, but other sources aren't and there's enough here to where she'd pass notability guidelines. For example, her stint with the TSO did get her specific notice in various different papers that reviewed the performances. It's not the best out there, but she does seem to pass overall. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:01, 3 June 2014 (UTC) reply

• Comment Hi Tokyogirl79. It appears that Mevlana's band "Porcelain" is one that is easily confused with at least one other band. In editing the article, you listed three albums by the band, but two of them were actually a different band named porcelain (from France). Also, the third album you listed with Invert was recorded after she had left the band. Only one album was produced on a major label (The Last Song (I'm Wasting On You), with the band Porcelain, label Universal), see: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/last-song-im-wasting-on-you/id347260762, note that only the title track is on there. I can only find one song from the album on YouTube (the title track, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61uqKIKVi0M) and even though it has been up for four and a half years, it only has 10k views, and a lot of those are likely due to the fact that it has the same exact name as a popular Evanescence song (as confirmed by many of the YouTube comments). I was able to find the album on Soundcloud, but none of the songs had even hit 300 listens. The album is the definition of a complete flop. Neither band that she has been a member of is notable, so it follows that her membership in those bands isn't near sufficient to show her own notability. She has gotten a little more coverage with TSO, but still nothing that wouldn't be classified as trivial. She is not a prominent member of the band; she is only a touring member, not a permanent member. As to news coverage with them, she never even gets a sentence to herself in any of the news articles linked to on the page as references or in any others I have found, much less is she the subject of the articles. Most if not all of the non-trivial media coverage she has received seems to be due to the fact that she had breast cancer at a young age. I don't want to diminish the battle of beating cancer, but it does not make you a notable musician or person by Wikipedia standards. I know they are suggestions and not rules set in stone, but she has not even come close to attaining a single one of the WP:MUS criteria. Paisarepa ( talk) 10:18, 3 June 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 15:17, 3 June 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 15:17, 3 June 2014 (UTC) reply

• Delete Fails wp:NMUSIC, seems mainly to be a session violin for hire. Film & TV/web presenting also trivial & non-notable. 94.195.46.205 ( talk) 04:11, 4 June 2014 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica ¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:48, 11 June 2014 (UTC) reply

• Keep per these sources: [1] [2] as well as some good sources in the article. This bio easily passes WP:BASIC.- Mr X 13:57, 11 June 2014 (UTC) reply
• Keep per MRX who's found more appropriate sources, Passes WP:GNG. —Davey2010→ ✉ 19:47, 11 June 2014 (UTC) reply
• Keep per MrX SW3 5DL ( talk) 21:37, 15 June 2014 (UTC) reply

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