Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NS Krishnasway Iyengar

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 keep. Waggers (talk) 13:40, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NS Krishnasway Iyengar

very short article with unclear notability, very limited search results Beagel (talk) 04:27, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I've stricken through my original rationale because, as indicated below, I confused the subject of this article with an older, more notable musician. I'll add my new comment below, sorry for the confusion. Highly notable. Article is mistitled as "Krishnasway" should be "Krishnaswamy", and the whole thing is an honorific anyway, the subject's name is Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar. A search on his name shows an unofficial home page here, a brief bio here ("No write-up on Carnatic music would be complete without a mention of this revolutionary") and many listing on "Great Masters" type compilations. Given the systemic bias against this type of figure (Hindu musician who died in 1967, and was most popular in the 1920s) I'm not holding the lack of newspaper mentions against him. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 13:12, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Xymmax is right that the spelling Krishnaswamy. There are only a few hits but he appears to be a significant personality. My knowledge of the subject is very limited, so would rather abstain. But please don't confuse him with Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar. Ariyakudi is a completely different person and one of the greatest of all Carnatic musicians. Tintin 13:33, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 12:55, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. -- Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 12:55, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. -- Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 12:56, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and move article to proper spelling. Notable Carnatic musician. Note that the spelling is incorrect, and he was a disciple of Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar. This story is from Sruti magazine[1]. And here he is discussed in the New York Times (" But on the sheer level of abstracted music, there is reward enough. A male singer from South India with a deep and resonant voice, K. V. Narayanswamy" per this Google news search[2])[3], the Hindu[4], and he is one of the notable musicians in Titans of Carnatic Music by K. S. Mahadevan, as mentioned in this review of the book.[5] ~ priyanath ^talk 19:30, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Again, all those links (except NYT which is a subscription only page and not accessible) leads to KV Narayanaswamy is someone else and a more recent singer. This is the right google search which mentions him as the guru of D. K. Pattammal. Tintin 00:39, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Sorry to have gotten things so mixed up, hopefully it's straightened out now. I still !vote keep (and recorded it as such above) for this, the proper artist, after reviewing the links provided by Tintin. I feel that he meets at least the first 3 criteria of the "others" section of WP:MUSIC which deals with performers outside of mass media genres; arguably he meets all five. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 03:14, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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