Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martina Rosenberger

Martina Rosenberger

Two primary claims are as a songwriter and author. No indication that the subject meets WP:Music or WP:Creative. Both books are indicated to be self-published. Taroaldo (talk) 22:25, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. If nominator had only typed in the lady's name in Google News, s/he would have found this, with three bona fide references to the subject. Granted, that's not a whole lot, and I'd love to see more, but it seems to me that someone with such an esoteric skill ought to get a little leeway: two references from the Augsburger Allgemeine and one in Freies Wort is good enough for me, esp. if you throw in the results from a regular Google search. Drmies (talk) 00:23, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I don't speak German; is there much more than "according to a local newspaper, N.N. plays the cittern" that can be verified from reliable sources? 88.112.62.225 (talk) 07:32, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

From the first hit: "To remedy this situation, for the last couple of years the goldsmith from Krumbach worked diligently on the conception of a modern study book for the Waldzither, which was created in cooperation with the Thuringian organization of music schools and was presented at the conference." That is a random paragraph; the conference was organized by the subject, the "situation" to be remedied was that there was no study material for this particular instrument. So that's much more than "M.R. plays this instrument," yes. Drmies (talk) 20:59, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

:Comment Although Martina's works are self-published, they sell well and are well-known in the field. Several people have used her work without referencing it - including on Wikipedia. This article serves to document her as an active researcher and author, as well as musician, songwriter, etc. I would like to add external links to the article but was not able to. These would include a link to her web site, which has several newspaper clippings about her and her work, and to waldzither.de, where she is referenced a great deal.