Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian Whitty


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Ian Whitty

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Appears to fail the criteria of WP:MUSICBIO. Being featured on compilations such as "Freakscene: Cork Is An Anagram Of Rock (2004)" does not demonstrate notability. Sharing the stage with other artists at one time or other is not notable. Being in a (unspecified) Hot Press reader's top ten poll is not notable, as the criteria specifies "national music chart".

Based on http://irishmusiccentral.com the only label he has released CDs with is Whimsical River Records so notability comes down to whether this label is notable. Using Google searches the first and only name (for at least the next 5 pages of results) that appears with this label is Ian Whitty and as "Will O' The Wisp" has track 5 listed as "The Whimsical River" it seems reasonable to deduce that Whitty is this label's only artist.

The article was created in 2008 and has been worked on by various contributors (including ) and so it appears unlikely that reliable sources demonstrating notability will be added in the near future. Fæ (talk) 10:56, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions.  -- Fæ (talk) 10:58, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete per WP:MUSICBIO, the subject of the article does not meet the criteria. Miles Blues  (talk · contribs) 15:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete It's been here far too long and has no notability. BE——Critical __Talk 21:24, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete - He was placed on rotation on a national radio station in Ireland, so he meets WP:MUSICBIO, but only just. He also appears to have a lot of coverage but it's all confined to Ireland. If someone could drag out some more sources I would change my vote. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 22:03, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
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