Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Hunter (composer)


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The result was delete. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 23:10, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Alexander Hunter (composer)

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Non-notable teacher per WP:Notability (academics), not a professional musician, no evidence that any of his music is notable. A self-written vanity page sourced only to himself. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:38, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete: after trying to clean the page up, I agree it becomes clear that there is nothing to meet the notability guidelines either for WP:PROF or WP:NMUSIC. Melcous (talk) 07:51, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete While the subject may become notable some day, he comprehensively fails the general notability/inclusion criteria at WP:ANYBIO as well as the alternative criteria at WP:PROF and WP:MUSICBIO. I haven't been able to find anything better than the sources already used in the article. Of the 8 references, 4 are to his self-written profiles/website, 1 is to his bio at the university where he teaches (ANU), 1 is to the website of someone who collaborated on one of his performances, 1 is to a 10-minute YouTube video made by the music department at ANU (misleadingly described in the references as a "documentary"), and 1 to a brief mention  of an upcoming performance at the Canberra Glassworks, which in itself is strongly linked to ANU. I can find no reviews, no articles about his music or performances, or indeed anything about the subject himself that has been published in independent, reliable sources. Voceditenore (talk) 09:55, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Voceditenore's argument is fairly convincing. Add to this Hunter recieved his PhD less than 3 years ago. People rarely make it to being notable academics so soon after earning their PhD. There are exceptions, but no indication this is one. Music is a different story, but no show that Hunter's work has yet become impactful.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:24, 10 February 2017 (UTC)


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