User talk:Grahamdalby

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Well, a head and shoulder shot of her in a bikini is a shot of her in a bikini, although I'm scarcely going back to the site to verify that. That being said, that I was singing Handel and Sibelius decades before your daughter was born, have sung in ten languages and have judged juried classical performance and early music competitions is quite irrelevant ... because all that is relevant is whether your daughter qualifies under WP:MUSIC for a Wikipedia article. In this stage of her career she does not, and nine Wikipedia editors unanimously concurred; their own backgrounds (or lack thereof) in classical music or performance are equally irrelevant to the issue. As has been posted to your talk page, this is why editing where you have a clear conflict of interest (WP:COI) is heavily discouraged. I recommend you review WP:PILLAR for detailed links on our policies and guidelines for articles, and wish your daughter luck in her career. Ravenswing 19:57, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aaaand ... a year down the road, Ms. Dalby seems to have dropped off the map. She's made no new recordings, there hasn't been a citation in Google News in over a year, and her website's vanished. The editors who voted to delete her article judged such an article premature, and their judgment looks sound. Ravenswing 13:36, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Six years later, more of the same. Dead air. I hope your daughter's doing well, but those editors' judgment is still holding steady. Ravenswing 12:07, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]