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This article was nominated for deletion on 20 December 2011. The result of the discussion was keep.

A fact from Tasmin Little appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 July 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that acclaimed violinist Tasmin Little released her 2008 recording The Naked Violin as a free download?

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Merge Tasmin Little/Tamsin Little[edit]

The articles appear to be about the same person, a Google search for "Tasmin Little" throws up about 61800 results, opposed to 917 for "Tamsin Little".

Tasmin is correct spelling - have now merged in. --mervyn 14:00, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adequacy[edit]

As far as I am concerned, Tasmin Little is one of the pre-eminent violinists of her generation, and this article hardly seems adequate 82.68.202.214 (talk) 23:39, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nah, I think she's overrated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.54.125.21 (talk) 18:57, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Puffery[edit]

Not that anything is terribly 'wrong' in this article, but it is clearly nothing more than a press release, not written to Wikipedia standards. Vid. ¶ 7: "In addition to a flourishing career as violin soloist which has taken her to every continent of the world, Tasmin Little has further established her reputation as Artistic Director with her hugely successful “Delius Inspired” festival, which was broadcast for a week on BBC Radio 3 in July 2006. The festival, which comprised events ranging from orchestral concerts and chamber music to films and exhibitions, also reached 800 school children in an ambitious programme designed to widen interest in classical music for young people."

"Flourishing career," "hugely successful" and the like do not belong in an objective article. The phrase about being taken "to every continent of the world" is also standard classical-music-artist boilerplate. I know, because I write such things myself! I've been writing classical artist copy for many years for various record labels. I am a fan of Ms Little and don't mean to take anything away from her, but this is simply not an objective reference article and I'm surprised that no one seems to have recognized it.

Perhaps this is going too far, but my impression has long been that people (including editors) who don't know much, or anything, about classical music become timid pushovers when they have to approve copy. They are afraid to utter any doubts or criticisms for fear they will sound ignorant; thus the writers can get away with murder. I could write a book about it... I suspect that if this article were about Jimi Hendrix or Puff Daddy it would have been denounced long ago for lacking objectivity.

Billcito (talk) 05:38, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, I couldn't agree more -- and I can't believe nothing has been done about this in 2-1/2 years! I started to deal with a few items that caught my eye, but when I scrutinized the rest of the article I realized that it was going to require a complete overhaul. Since I don't currently have the time required for such an undertaking, I am moving most of the contents onto this page, in hopes that another editor will take an interest in it. Cgingold (talk) 11:08, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry but I've had to remove it even from this page, as it's a copyright violation of her agent's website (which also explains the problems with the tone). January (talk) 00:35, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problem removed[edit]

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References that may be incorporated into this article[edit]

Posted by User:January in the AfD currently occurring for this article:

"The article has had to be stubbed down because of a copyright violation which is why the current version doesn't explain the notability very well, but she has won a Classical Brit award [1] which I would have thought would qualify as a major music award per WP:MUSICBIO. For coverage, she was the subject of an episode of The South Bank Show [2], and has coverage from several mainstream news sources [3][4][5] [6][7][8], including widespread coverage of her decision to release her album free [9][10][11][12][13] [14][15][16], and there are reviews in GNews."

. —Northamerica1000^(talk) 00:06, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A few more. duffbeerforme (talk) 05:19, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Tasmin Little: Playing great music in unexpected locations", Belfast Telegraph, 20 April 2007
"Gespierde manier van spelen pakt bij Tasmin Little niet altijd goed uit", Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, 15 October 2007
White, Michael (24 August 2003), "Review - The Arts - Little goes a long way Next Sunday, Tasmin Little plays the most difficult violin ...", The Sunday Telegraph
White, Michael (9 November 2003), "Tasmin Little, the Violin Star Next Door", The New York Times
Brown, Geoff (25 January 2008), "Tasmin Little;Classical;Music;Sounds;Reviews", The Times
"Tasmin Little;Classical;Music;Sounds;Reviews", The Advertiser, 4 June 2011
Miller, Mary (3 December 1996), "TAMSIN LITTLE QUEEN'S HALL EDINBURGH.", The Scotsman

Thanks to all who helped find these resources. They can be instrumental in recovering from copyright problems. Also, my apologies for the premature deletion nomination. I hope these sources can be incorporated into an objective BLP for this subject. Cheers. JFHJr (㊟) 05:29, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]