Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Clo


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 01:50, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Dave Clo

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This AfD is an unbelievable waste of time and I will have to consider quitting the project if an admin closes this as no consensus because no one votes for deletion. The bureaucratic nonsense that this was de-PRODed seven years ago and so can't go through a PROD again has got to stop and the process must be reconsidered.

Based on current process, the subject clearly fails notability guidelines. The subject has performed in multiple bands but not independently notable. I see http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-clo-mn0000576206 and https://www.halleonard.com/biographyDisplay.do?id=241 but nothing to meet WP:GNG and certainly not WP:MUSICBIO. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:13, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete as no evidence of significant coverage of the musician in reliable sources so not passing WP:BASIC. I agree the prod process can be frustrating but we all have to follow the rules as they stand, most of my prods are quickly deprodded even when they are obvious for delete. Atlantic306 (talk) 22:33, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete as a Biography of a Living Person with no reliable, independent sourcing (BLPs are the only case I know of where the condition of the article IS a valid reason at AfD) or, if anyone pretends that my reason is wrong... GNG isn't met, no independent coverage, all sources are about him as part of a band & notability isn't inherited. McDonalds is notable but you don't see an article for every employee, do you? Exemplo347 (talk) 22:39, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment. I can't quite tell if Clo was an actual member of the bands mentioned in the lead or if he was an at-will employee/session-musician. I checked two of the groups' articles mentioned in this AFD candidate - in the Superchick article, it is asserted that he was in the band but his name isn't listed in the cited reference, Clo's name is also not mentioned at any of the online references for All Star United as being a member of that particular group.  At Clo's official website, he does not claim membership in any of the bands in his article, the text states only that he "recorded and toured extensively with Grammy® and Dove Award nominated artists". Shearonink (talk) 22:48, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * He was a hired hand in all of the bands. Possibly a touring musician and not even a full member. Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:01, 7 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete My initial impression was that he met WP:MUSICBIO as a member of several notable bands, an impression I imagine that many have had, leaving this in place for years. As he wasn't a full member of any, he doesn't meet WP:MUSICBIO and I could find nothing to meet WP:GNG either. Boleyn (talk) 05:34, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete fails NMUSICIAN DarjeelingTea (talk) 14:42, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:MUSICBIO parameters, fails WP:GNG, fails WP:ANYBIO. Shearonink (talk) 15:28, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - No evidence of notability per WP:NMUSIC.  CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   19:33, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete . Fails WP:MUSICBIO, but also WP:GNG, WP:ANYBIO --Kostas20142 (talk) 14:48, 14 April 2017 (UTC)


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