Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ro Hancock-Child
Sorry this is a bit long, but I want to present the evidence on which I based my decision. I don't enjoy !voting delete on classical musician articles. While this article has serious COI issues, that in itself is immaterial to the notability of the subject.The three commercial CDs listed are really only two. ''English Song'' is a compilation of Naxos recordings by many different artists and simply republishes 5 tracks from a   ''A Ballad Maker'' . Naxos Records|Naxos/Marco Polo is a notable classical music label. Dinmore is not. Several more recordings had been listed, distributed not on the Chandos Records|Chandos label itself but as downloads in the Chandos Artist Showcase. It's not the same thing, see http://www.theclassicalshop.com/label.aspx?label=33. The only recording to have been reviewed was ''A Ballad Maker'' (in ''Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone'' and ''Fanfare (magazine)|Fanfare'') The ''Gramophone'' review did not mention her at all. I can find no reviews of her recitals in either mainstream or specialised  classical music press, and no evidence that she has ever performed in a major concert hall. Likewise  coverage of her as a composer is nil, even in specialised music journals. All her compositions appear to be self published apart from ''Leo'' which is one of  several choices on the Trinity Guildhall  music exam syllabus (but not a required piece). None of them appear to have been recorded or played in recitals by notable musicians. Barring some new evidence in reliable independent sources, I can't see this passing the  criteria.The two very short books on Armstrong Gibbs and Madeleine Dring  (the latter self-published) drew virtually no critical or scholarly attention. What is available is already referenced. According to WorldCat, the Armstrong Gibbs book is held in only 11 libraries worldwide, the  Madeleine Dring in only 10. http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n94-43752 Google books is not a perfect tool, but I can find only only three or four books in total that even list one of these books in the bibliography. Even allowing for the niche subjects, that's a pretty low citation rate and impact. Again, barring some last minute "finds", I can't see this passing the  or  criteria either
— User:Voceditenore, 16:11, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:MUSICBIO||WP:AUTHOR||WP:ACADEMIC (Wikipedia:Notability)