Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Lefkowitz


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 02:28, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

David Lefkowitz

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Google came up with plenty on David Lefkowitz the unrelated composer (who possibly IS notable) and David Lefkowich the operatic stage director and choreographer, but absolutely nothing on this individual. Zero sources, notability is questionable and likely does not extend beyond a very local scope (i.e. a talk show on cable access and being a personality on a college radio station.) Tagged for both these issues since May 2008 with no edits since then.

In any event, the article is an absolute mess in its current form, in addition to failing WP:BLP, WP:N, WP:V and WP:NOT, it reads like a haphazardly constructed bio or resume. Even if the verifiability issues can be corrected and coverage in non trivial secondary sources found, this article should be scrapped and rewritten from scratch because of the POV, readability, and non-encyclopedic tone issues. Mister Senseless&trade; (Speak - Contributions) 04:13, 9 February 2009 (UTC) 
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:04, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:08, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak delete. I'm by no means confident that my search for sources has been in any fashion exhaustive. David/Dave Lefkowitz is such a common name that I think I've found at least 3 others, even restricting my search to those that are connected to New York in some way.  The composer is clearly notable, and we should have an article about him.  We currently don't.  For the playwright/theatre critic/radio host however, I'm finding nothing except self-published sources.  And the occasional trivial mention (e.g.  ). I don't agree with the nominator that if sources are found the article should be scrapped, as the issues described are easily fixed once sources become available. JulesH (talk) 14:22, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm going to start an article David Lefkowitz (composer) (not today, its Valentine's Day in the US) and if this gets deleted via this discussion, I'll move it to David Lefkowitz. Mister Senseless&trade; (Speak - Contributions) 00:55, 15 February 2009 (UTC)


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