Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Laney (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:13, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Alan Laney
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This article was previously sent to deletion, and soft-deleted after three relists failed to attract any discussion whatsoever, then taken to WP:REFUND and cleaned up. While the article has sources, they do not seem to meet WP:SIGCOV or WP:RS.

This article mentions Alan Laney, but only as the writer of a song for which the singer, not the writer, was nominated.


 * The singer performing on A Prairie Home Companion.


 * Two commercial listings for CD Baby.


 * A 404 from what appears to be a record label's site.


 * A broken link to a performance database.

References 7 and 8 do not mention him at all, and 9 is just a BMI catalog of his songs. Even I have songs listed in BMI; that doesn't make me notable.

While it's not in question that Laney has written songs for other artists, none of those songs was released as a single, nor was any song he wrote notable in its own right. His own performance credits are meager at best, and do not meet WP:BAND. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:11, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 03:59, 21 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete fails WP:GNG alone - lacks independent reliable sources profiling subject. Cllgbksr (talk) 04:34, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 04:43, 21 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Agree on the assessment of the provided sources, and I found nothing better to establish notability.  If kept, could use some trimming of the promotional language. -- Finngall   talk  17:11, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete: Fails Wp:BASIC. Toddst1 (talk) 23:32, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete clearly does not meet our notability guidelines for musicians.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:17, 24 July 2017 (UTC)


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