Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andy Mellon


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The result was   redirect to Bellowhead. Jujutacular (talk) 03:22, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Andy Mellon

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A musician known for his membership of the notable folk group, Bellowhead. I can find no evidence of reliable coverage about Mellon and the article makes no claims of notability either. At best this should be redirected to Bellowhead, he does not seem to be independently notable. Unfortunately the authoring IP has reverted the redirect so I've bought this to AfD. Sionk (talk) 17:48, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. One of the original members of Bellowhead, composed for the Cultural Olympiad, and is award-nominated for his composing. AfD is the wrong place for this as it would be a redirect to Bellowhead at worst. --86.40.107.199 (talk) 22:35, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Really? He was one of five people nominated for composing 'Fables', one tenth of Bellowhead and one of 25,000 artists taking part in the Cultural Olympiad. None of these mark him out. Sionk (talk) 00:54, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
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 * Speedy keep per WP:MUSICBIO criterion #8, which states that a musician is notable if:


 * BASCA is evidently considered a "major music award" for which Mellon was nominated.


 * &mdash;Ahnoneemoos (talk) 14:16, 13 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 01:11, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 03:57, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment - The main subject of the sources is the band Bellowhead and not Andy Mellon himself. WP:NMUSIC states "that members of notable bands are redirected to the band's article, not given individual articles, unless they have demonstrated individual notability for activity independent of the band, such as solo releases." BASCA is definitely a notable award to be nominated for, but the song The Hartlepool Monkey is written together with another Bellowhead member, Paul Sartin, and performed with musicians from Bellowhead. So, if we think it counts as an "activity independent of the band", the article should be kept and it also means that the second composer and Bellowhead member Paul Sartin is notable as well, and if not, it should be merged into the band's article. Nimuaq (talk) 19:04, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a clear argument for redirect ;) Sionk (talk) 22:09, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect per Nimuaq. Writing a song for the band doesn't seem to me to be "activity independent of the band". Storkk (talk) 17:26, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
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