Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacques St-Cyr ballet dancer

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The result was keep. withdrawn (non-admin closure) SparksBoy (talk) 05:02, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jacques St-Cyr ballet dancer

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Notability issues SparksBoy (talk) 04:21, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Unless I see some reliable sources covering this dancer, doesn't seem notable. A quick gsearch and gnews search didn't turn up significant coverage. JUJUTACULAR | TALK 05:49, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, at least in the first instance. Since the article states that he was a soloist over 20 years ago, a gnews search (without even the "all dates" setting!) hardly counts as due diligence. That he was a name to mention is borne out by these remnants, and a google search with a slight variation in spelling ("saint" rather than "st") is also somewhat more revealing. Since dancers don't get the same sort of coverage that sportsmen do, it's hard for somebody not in the field to judge notability. This is the sort of doubtful case where notifying somebody who knows about professional dance in Canada (through user categories?) might be helpful to an informed discussion. --Paularblaster (talk) 07:57, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Paularblaster's persuasive comments. Google News turns up a few reviews from the 1980's, including one from the NYTimes, identifying the subject as a principal dancer with a major Canadian ballet troupe. That should establish notability; there's no great hurry in turning up the inevitable print sources, and there was no need to AFD this a few hours after its creation without trying to help the creator clean this mess up and resolve the COI issues. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 15:59, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I think I found the same NYT article and news link that those above me did. It's not much, but I think it's enough to establish a tenuous claim to notability, and definitely enough to act on the advice of the above comments (improve and look for an expert). While there are still no sources to verify any of the content, http://mariajacquestango.com/accueil_en.html indicates he's still active, so there may very well be some truth. ~ Amory (user • talk • contribs) 20:06, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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