Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan O'Mahony


 * 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. (non-admin closure) Alpha_Quadrant    (talk)  03:13, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Dan O'Mahony

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Not sure if he is famous enough for an article. The article does have 16 references though which should be checked for accuracy. Thebirdlover (talk) 05:37, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 02:07, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
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 * I am Dan O'Mahony and while I didn't author this page, I've got to ask, who commenting here is familiar enough with the international hardcore and straight edge underground of the 1980's to arbitrarily shoot something down simply because it's outside their wheelhouse... my suggestion google Dan O'Mahony, period. My thinking if my 11 records, record label, books and many national and international tours don't qualify, then I shudder to think what other crucial underground figures from this movement will be deleted simply due to a small group of self-appointed online intelligentsia's lack of familiarity with a movement and era that changed the lives of tens of thousands of young people all over the world? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danosaysso (talk • contribs) 06:56, 11 December 2011‎
 * For what it's worth, there are people here capable of assessing the size of punk rock icebergs in the pop culture ocean, but "career achievement" carries far less clout than you imagine in the assessment of a subject during a notability challenge. Carrite (talk) 06:21, 19 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Incubate. Underground music is not my seen, but looking at Dan's unsourced comments above, it looks like this article deserves the chance for someone with more expertise to at least take a look at it. --Legis (talk - contribs) 08:03, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, v/r - TP 03:42, 19 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep and clean up. Most of the references are poor, but there are some reliable ones which demonstrate notability, including Big Wheel Magazine and OC Weekly. Pburka (talk) 04:15, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Took the words right out of my mouth, Pburka. I'm in the process of starting a cleanup of this page, starting with cleaning out the non-reliable links. A quick search brought up more than enough reliable sources to warrant keeping the article.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 04:24, 19 December 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79
 * Additional. The sources weren't as plentiful as I first thought, but there's enough here to where I think O'Mahony squeaks by. I've a feeling that a good many of the RS about this guy are more in print form than electronic form, unfortunately. Such is the way with anything underground. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:34, 19 December 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79


 * Keep - This should probably be a component of an article on the HC band No For An Answer, which is still redlink. Here's a source for FOR THEM. The MRR gig does bump up public-figurehood in the punk rock world. Sourcing here is bad, but WP maintains a low bar for pop culture, for better or worse, and this seems to be an encyclopedia-worthy subject. I'm certainly no fan of sXe HC of the Revelation Records orbit, so this is far from an WP:ILIKEIT keep recommendation, but the band and vocalist, particularly as West Coasters for an East Cost sub-genre, do seem to meet WP's Typical Standards for such fare. Article needs improvement, but that's neither here nor there. Carrite (talk) 06:16, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I've made No For An Answer a redirect to this piece. At some point somebody needs to write that one up, it's certainly a notable band. Carrite (talk) 06:40, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
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