Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kyria Koula
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- 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. The expansion of content and removal of original research can be addressed through standard editing. (non-admin closure) UpTheOctave! • 8va? 16:55, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
Kyria Koula
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Unsourced, seems to fail WP:BIO. Previously moved to draft and returned to main space without substantial improvements. Mariamnei (talk) 07:19, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
- Note: this discussion has been included in the AfD sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians, Women, Greece, and New York. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 08:23, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
Comment: It appears that an effort is being made to improve this. Bearian (talk) 08:03, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
- Comment - could this be a hoax? There are a lot of dead links in the external links. My concern is that I can only find her on deprecated sources like WP:RATEYOURMUSIC, WP:ALLMUSIC and WP:DISCOGS, which are user-generated. It is possible for people to create hoaxes on those websites as nothing gets checked. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 10:32, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- If she indeed "became a star in the United States", that should be easy to verify. If it can't be verified..
- See also Orpheum Records and Panhellenion Records Geschichte (talk) 20:20, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
- Looks like a typical WP:WALLEDGARDEN unfortunately Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:53, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- A few book mentions here, Atlantic306 (talk) 23:10, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- Looks like a typical WP:WALLEDGARDEN unfortunately Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:53, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- @78.26: who created Panhellenion Records could you please give your opinion, Atlantic306 (talk) 23:12, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose While not my field/expertise, I added three academic sources that contains information about the singer, one of the sources describes her as three most famous Greek recording artists in the United States along with Marika Papagika and Kyria Koula. (emphasis added). I believe there is sufficient material for future expansion. A.Cython(talk) 01:34, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Comment - this is not a hoax. There is a lot of original research. Where the article says "became a star in the United States" it means a star among the Greek diaspora in the USA. This person recorded extensively for Columbia records in the 1910s, and formed two record companies, confirmed by Allan Sutton's works. Her real name was Kyriaki Yiortzi Antonopoulos. Her professional name has been transliterated as Madame Coula, which is where her recordings are found in Spottswood's "Ethnic Music on Records". There is no doubt she had tremendous influence on Greek music in the United States. Whether you can build an article per WP:WHYN I have no comment on. The reliable sources I have access to (Sutton, Spottswood) only provide discographical listings or passing mentions. I hope that is helpful. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 03:25, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Keep per WP:HEY. Allmusic professionals' ratings and reviews are reliable, for the record. Bearian (talk) 07:45, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Keep This is not a hoax, and the academic sources cited in the article suggest research on her is only starting to recover a lost chapter of American ethnic sound recording. Chubbles (talk) 13:33, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Comment - If the article is deleted (though I will vote against it), that would create an orphaned article at Kyria Koula discography, which was just created by one of the main contributor's to Ms. Koula's article. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:15, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Keep - The article needed help at the time of the nomination but the folks in this discussion have generated some valuable improvements. A Google Books search reveals many mentions of Ms. Koula as an influential voice among the Greek diaspora in America during her lifetime. The article can be expanded with knowledge from those books by someone who is qualified to do so, and there is enough to support at least a stub article. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:18, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.