Talk:Lydia Canaan

Former good articleLydia Canaan was one of the Music good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
September 24, 2016Good article nomineeNot listed
May 2, 2017Peer reviewReviewed
January 4, 2018Good article nomineeListed
March 10, 2025Featured article candidateNot promoted
April 23, 2025Good article reassessmentDelisted
Current status: Delisted good article

Contested deletion

This revision of the article makes some credible claims of notability [1]. Maybe this article could be taken to AfD, but it doesn't appear to fit CSD. --Badbluebus (talk) 04:18, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the speedy deletion tag for now to open it for discussion here. That old version of the article was riddled with misleading and outright false claims, promotional content, soapboxing, and what at least appeared to be intentional falsification of citations that didn't in any way support claims that ranged from bold to outrageous. Furthermore, most of the existing citations are from old newspapers that don't have electronic versions readily available to check for accuracy of the content source. Not to mention that, though Canaan worked with some notable producers and enjoyed some local popularity, this allegedly notable artist hasn't released nor sold a single album. On top of all of that, this article was written by Canaan's husband and amateur manager, Thomas Vitins, who has used multiple accounts to edit her page, and has been tagged here on the Talk page as having a connection with the subject of the article, along with a link to a letter of apology from Vitins. Grammar crackers (talk) 05:22, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]