Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elton John and Bernie Taupin's Songwriting Piano


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The result was Speedy d elete. - @pple complain 09:01, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Elton John and Bernie Taupin's Songwriting Piano
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I heart Elton, but notability is not inherited. To my knowledge, this piano doesn't bake pies or do your taxes, it's just a piano that was used to write some memorable music. Ultimately NN. &mdash;  Music  Maker  5376  02:30, 25 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete: Pianocruft?. Non notable. - Rjd0060 (talk) 02:55, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral; I think the argument for deletion misses the point. A piano that was used to write some memorable music is not notable if it's just a piano that no one has heard about. On the other hand, if a whip used in Devo's "Whip It" becomes the issue of a bidding war between George Soros and Bill Gates, and makes the front page of the USA Today, then it's notable. It's not about the item; it's about the perception of the item. In this case, there's some evidence that the item itself has been noted that I suspect it could be notable, but I don't think the article as it stands when I wrote this message proves that.--Prosfilaes (talk) 02:57, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Question Interesting subject for an article, but do we have any evidence of notability for the offending piano? It seems like a plain old piano to me. • Lawrence Cohen  05:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. There really isn't any attribution of notability for this piano to secondary sources. There is a suggestion of notability in that it was temporarily included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Elton John exhibit, but so was one of his jumpsuits -- and a lot of other artifacts of passing importance. There's a tiny mention of the inscription in Elton John: A Biography. Frankly, this reads like an eBay item description more than anything and guess what? It was an auction item. And this looks like a pretty blatant copyright violation of 605 Icons of 20th Century Music Autograph Auction Catalog. Speedy tagging. --Dhartung | Talk 08:40, 25 November 2007 (UTC)


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