Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allen Tate (musician)


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The result was Withdrawn. I thought NPR is an unreliable source and many editors think it's reilable. (non-admin closure) KGirlTrucker81 huh? what I've been doing 00:39, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Allen Tate (musician)

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PROD removed claiming the sources are present but no independent third party reviews. Fails MUSICBIO and GNG as long as my PROD stands. KGirlTrucker81 huh? what I've been doing 01:23, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
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 * Keep. First of all, subject is a member of a notable band, and has a solo release, thus he does not fall clearly into a case of deletion pursuant to WP:MUSICOUTCOMES, so if no sources were available to merit a standalone article, a possible alternative to deletion - part of our deletion policy - would be to boldly WP:BLANKANDREDIRECT per WP:ATD-R as a categorized R from member. Uncontroversial deletion via ProD was out of the question, at least. Nominator says that "no independent third party reviews [are present]", but that is not correct. We have
 * Bylined article by notable Bob Boilen published by notable NPR:
 * and we have a long, bylined article in Paste:
 * and both were present.
 * WP:BEFORE asks us to be sure to perform as the minimum search expected, a normal Google search, a Google Books search, a Google News search, and a Google News archive search. Searching for "Allen Tate" sleepwalker brings up multiple hits, e.g.
 * Bylined article in Village Voice:
 * Bylined article in USA Today:
 * Sorry, but WP:VAGUEWAVE is not a valid argument for deletion, especially since there's little suggesting that the sources were vetted. The sources provided and the further existence of suitable sources are what we use to determine if notability is met, and WP:GNG/WP:BASIC is met here. . — Sam Sailor 16:10, 30 January 2017 (UTC)


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