Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Høgni Reistrup


 * 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) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 04:05, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Høgni Reistrup

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

fails WP :MUSICBIO. no notable albums, no awards the one single reaching number 1 in Faroe Islands is not considered a major chart list. LibStar (talk) 14:43, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - He is a well known musician and writer in the Faroe Islands, and he has been touring in several countries with with his music. He has not won any awards - not what I know of, but he has been nominated several times for the main Faroese prizes for musicians, the Faroese Music Awards and the Planet Awards. He has also been active in politics, although he was not elected. He is also active in the debate about the problems with the lack of growth in the population and has written books about the subject. --EileenSanda (talk) 16:48, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * touring several countries and being nominated for awards doesn't really add to notability. LibStar (talk) 17:57, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Dat GuyTalkContribs 18:30, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment - Høgni Reistup has been important enough for the English Wikipedia since 2010, what happened now in 2016 since he is not important any longer? He is not only a musician, he is a scientist and if you tried to search for news about him you could have found a lot of information about him. I have been searching and found a lot of info about him, info which was not written about here, so I have expanded the article about his life as a scientist. He has studied in Aarhus, Copenhagen and Dublin, he is MA in Media studies. In fact I find him more and more notable, the more I read about him. I knew about his book Exit Føroyar, but now that I read more about it and all the media cover in the Danish media, where they cite Høgni Reistrup, I am thinking, that he and the co-writer of the book Exit Føroyar in fact may have stopped the negative net migration of the Faroe Islands. At the time when they wrote the book, the Faroe Islands had a negative net migration, and in fact it has stopped now, and I think that it may very well be because of this book and the project with the same name and all the publicity it got in Danish and Faroese media and in the Danish Folketing and in the Faroese Løgting. So, do you still think that Høgni Reistrup is a non-notable person and that the page about him on Wikipedia should be deleted LibStar? --EileenSanda (talk) 10:33, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Høgni Reistup has been important enough for the English Wikipedia since 2010 is totally irrelevant. Any article can be nominated for deletion to test its notability especially if it hasn't been nominated before. articles do not get immunity from deletion because they've existed longer. normally scientists need to meet WP:PROF. LibStar (talk) 16:45, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I am not sure if scientist is the correct word for him, is it? I wrote it, but I am not sure if it should have been scolar or something else, he is MA in Media science from the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and Dublin City University, so is scientist the correct term? I would say that number 7. in WP:PROF applies here: "7. The person has made substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity." These rules may also apply: 8. The person is or has been the head or chief editor of a major, well-established academic journal in their subject area. 9. The person is in a field of literature (e.g., writer or poet) or the fine arts (e.g., musician, composer, artist), and meets the standards for notability in that art, such as WP:CREATIVE or WP:MUSIC. Under Special Criteria notes is says: 1. The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources. (...) The most typical way of satisfying Criterion 1 is to show that the academic has been an author of highly cited academic work. EileenSanda (talk) 17:22, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * as an author, "He has published three books about Faroese politics" doens't meet WP:AUTHOR. neither does his work as a reporter meet WP:JOURNALIST. LibStar (talk) 01:49, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
 * He meets WP:GNG, he has extensive coverage by reliable sources. EileenSanda (talk) 07:53, 18 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Strong keep: The subject is extensively covered by reliable sources, and thus it should stay per WP:GNG. I can find hundreds of articles on him on Faroese media (in.fo, portal.fo). Apart from this, I can also find media coverage coming from Denmark (gaffa.dk), Germany (Der Spiegel, and Deutschlandfunk), and Iceland (visir.is). WP:MUSICBIO is covered by the amount of sources on the subject, and WP:PROF is totally irrelevant since the subject meetsWP:GNG beyond question, and by the fact that he is not notable as an academic. I think the AfD should be withrdawn, but at the same time more reliable sources should be added in the article. Hansi667 (Neighbor Of The Beast) a penny for your thoughts? 10:21, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Hansi667 (Neighbor Of The Beast) a penny for your thoughts? 10:22, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Denmark-related deletion discussions. Snaevar (talk) 16:55, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Denmark-related deletion discussions. Snaevar (talk) 16:55, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 03:10, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep as the subject has attracted international RS coverage I believe he passes WP:GNG Atlantic306 (talk) 07:05, 30 January 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.