Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buddy Bernier


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 05:39, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Buddy Bernier

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The article is only sourced to IMDb which is not a reliable source. I search for other sources, I only found a few mentions, I did not find any signifcant sources giving indepth coverage. John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:31, 9 February 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  00:10, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
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 * I've managed to find an obituary in Variety and a mention in Down Beat (which I've added to the article). Not sure if that is enough to keep or where this falls on WP:MUSICBIO. Vladimir.copic (talk) 22:53, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep He was active mainly in the 40s and 50s.  There are ample offline sources via Newspaper Archives.  I've added the Lowell Sun (from 1944) and will add more later.  (Use the Wikipedia Library!  It's an amazing resource.)  JSFarman (talk) 16:57, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Added sources demonstrate he satisfies WP:COMPOSER#1("Has credit for writing or co-writing either lyrics or music for a notable composition"). 68.189.242.116 (talk) 16:22, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep, I have only done a very brief search myself but already have come up with plenty of material and mentions in historic press that are more than passing or trivial. I have expanded the article a little with this but this is not exhaustive. May I suggest to the nominator, particularly on the back of another AfD which I have also participated in, that they expand their searches to historic newspapers, including google books and get a subscription to newspapers.com via The Wikipedia Library. Bungle (talk • contribs) 15:07, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure when this changed, but Google's newspapers search used to be a separate link in our find sources template whereas it can now be found as a drop down menu choice in the Google book search link result. Perhaps it should be restored as a separate link to highlight it? 68.189.242.116 (talk) 16:44, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I was never aware of it being a direct link previously, but then i'd typically do a manual search anyway so wouldn't know. Google used to maintain their newspapers database but now it exists only as an archive of what was done previously, so unsure if something changed around that time. Either way, it's not difficult to change the drop down to "newspapers", nor for experienced editors to apply for a newspapers.com account. I can't read the obituary posted by Vladimir.copic, though it may have additional useful content not found in the newspapers. Bungle (talk • contribs) 17:27, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * This talk page commentary (Module_talk:Find_sources) indicates it was changed on October 17, 2021 after a very short discussion. I agree that accessing the newspaper archive should not be too difficult for anyone familiar with Google book search results, but I think there is something to be said for making it as easy as possible. 68.189.242.116 (talk) 19:01, 17 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep - think I can safely give this vote now with the additional sources found and arguments above. Vladimir.copic (talk) 22:40, 17 February 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.