Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jim Cummins (I, Braineater)


 * 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   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:45, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Jim Cummins (I, Braineater)

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Does not appear to meet notability criteria in WP:MUSIC. I find very little in the way of reliable sources that discuss his musical career in any depth; most of what I find are lists of gigs, etc., and anything useful is restricted mainly to local (Vancouver-area) media. Kinu t/c 22:45, 24 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Kinu you need to relax, you've deleted allmost everything I have added to wikipedia. PLEASE STOP. Content cannot be added to articles if you keep deleting them arbitrarily. Jim Cummins is known more for his art than for his music. You need to allow for time to add content to the subject.

T.S Ghost 23:49, 24 October 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TSGhost (talk • contribs)
 * Submitted something for AfD is not an arbitrary deletion; it's putting it in front of an audience for consideration, and if it gets deleted it will not be just on Kinu's say-so. It looks as if Kinu went beyond what was on the page, did some investigating himself, and found the results wanting. You can certainly counteract that by putting some appropriate sources here, ones which indicate Cummins's notability. --Nat Gertler (talk) 00:24, 25 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - As far as I can tell, it fails to meet any if the criteria of WP:BAND. There are only two local (Vancouver, BC) news articles, and one is of questionable reliability. The article seems to have a fair amount of content, but little of encyclopedic values, such as, for example, his birth year. - MrX 00:35, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:27, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:27, 26 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. This fails both WP:Band and WP:ARTIST not to mention WP:GNG. There is little there to substantiate claims of notability. The article is wholly unencyclopedic but if we were to edit out the inappropriate cruft -- such as the enormous photo -- there would be little remaining.  freshacconci  talk talk  14:38, 27 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - I cannot find significant coverage about this person to establish notability under any of the criteria that might apply (general, music, art). What coverage I could find is minor and and / or from marginal sources.  -- Whpq (talk) 16:17, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete; what research I did failed to locate sources indicating notability. Article author claims that subject is known more for his art than music, but article includes little coverage of said art, and no objective claims that even rise to sufficient notability even if they were documented. --Nat Gertler (talk) 17:04, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete I researched thoroughly about this, but sources are scarce. Also, it looks like they don't have much recognition and contribution to society.  TruPepitoM  Talk To Me  12:21, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. There's an article at straight.com, but this is not a reliable source. There was also at one point a story in the North Shore News, although it's now a broken link. In any event, it looks like a small-ish publication with limited scope. There's also coverage at Bloodied But Unbowed, but it's an interview and is thus a primary source, not a secondary one. There's also something about surfboard designs, but it's also not a reliable source and not suitably independent, as the site is showcasing his boards in an exhibit. There's an article in a newsletter called Vanguard, although the reliability of this is somewhat suspect. There's an article in Artmagazine from 1981 in which he's mentioned. Some other similar coverage exists, but nothing that would qualify as significant from independent, reliable sources. Fails WP:GNG and WP:ARTIST. --Batard0 (talk) 18:00, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
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