Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Raynham III


 * 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   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:25, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Dan Raynham III

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Promotional (auto?)bio lacking a good claim to notability. Leads with him being the front man of Kings Cross (band) but they were deemed non notable at afd (Articles for deletion/Kings Cross (band)) so no notability from that. Article claims his bands were charting but no evidence of this being on a good national chart (the afd for Kings Cross demostrated a claim of charting to be fake). TV appearences are not significant roles in multiple notable productions so doesn't pass WP:ENT. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. There was a little local interest about one of his bands putting on a concert on a mountain bu nothing substantial. Like the Kings Cross article by the same author mentions multiple "rumoured" thing, suggesting original research. duffbeerforme (talk) 08:52, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - when you take out all the unreferenced stuff, stuff cited to unreliable sources or sources that don't mention him, you're left with a guy who played on top of Ben Nevis once. If I took a guitar up to the top of Snowdon, could I have a Wikipedia article? No, not really. -- Ritchie333 (talk)  (cont)   12:34, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:51, 27 September 2012 (UTC)


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


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 14:47, 1 October 2012 (UTC) 


 * Delete - The article says he's the frontman for band Kings Cross, this band appears to be so insignificant that their Wiki page has been deleted. No proof for his claimed modelling work. No proof for his 'expert pyrotechni'c claims, other than a poorly filmed video that does not appear to show any professional skills. No proof for any TV projects.  Claims to be a partner and co-porudcer at Eager Beaver productions - they appear to be a genuine company, but have no reference to him anywhere on their site or in the descriptions for any of their videos. Claims one of their songs was used as a backing track for an interview on The Jonathan Ross Show - do interviews on chatshows have a musical backing track?  I've never known it. There are several articles relating to their gig on top of Ben Nevis, however this does not justify a Wikipedia entry.  No proof for the documentary about Afghanistan soldiers.  No proof for claims of being a biologist other than on the subject's LinkedIn page.  His roles as Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Faust in Faust II are for a community on line audio book service - he has apparently not been hired to undertake these roles - he has purely chosen to record them himself and submit them to the site.  Proof for The Pete and Dan Radio Show seems to consist of two short audio clips uploaded to YouTube by Dan Raynham III, or certainly his company.  His own personal website no longer appears to be in action.  The article says he was born in 1980 and is 32 - the subject's LinkedIn page says he was at university in 1993, which would have made him 13 - possibly he's a genius, possibly the article is incorrect. In summary, this entry is littered with inaccuracies, speculation and unfounded claims and from the way it reads, I would not be surprised if it was written by the subject himself. --BarnseyP (talk) 10:08, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * While we wait for the conclusion of this AfD, I have removed the flamethrower comments. They do not appear in the sources cited, so per WP:BLP, being contentious and relating to a living person, they must be removed immediately. -- Ritchie333 (talk)  (cont)   14:43, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
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