Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Bush (musician)


 * 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   Speedy keep. The article needs additional references, but its subject's notability is firmly established. Non-admin closing. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 15:39, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

John Bush (musician)

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Contested prod. un poorly referenced for over a year, this musician has been a member of notable bands, but doesn't appear to meet WP:BIO himself RadioFan (talk) 12:40, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep If that criteria for deletion has merit then 90% of all "member of a famous band" articles should be AfD'd for the same reason. In this case the subject is a member of 2 famous bands (including being the founder of one of them). Also... the above claims that the article is unreferenced... which it isn't. The Real Libs-speak politely 12:44, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment WP:OTHERSTUFF isn't sufficient here. The article makes no claim of notability other than membership in these bands.   Lacks significant coverage in 3rd party sources, the only reference is to a brief concert announcement.--RadioFan (talk) 12:51, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Agree that page could be referenced better and should be re-written, but don't see how this qualifies it for deletion. The page is viewed about 45 times per day which is significant.  Plus this direct quote from Notability (music) following "Criteria for musicians and ensembles": Members of two notable bands are generally notable enough for their own article.  The notability of his two bands admitted by the nominator. J04n(talk page) 13:13, 10 June 2009 (UTC)


 * NOTE The article was missing an entire section that had been blanked some time ago by an IP. I have restored the section and found a reference relating to the subject turning down an invitation to join Metallica as a lead singer/frontman. The Real Libs-speak politely 13:33, 10 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep John Bush was an important figure of the Los Angeles metal scene during the 80s and did enormous work to keep Anthrax alive in the 90s. His unique voice is also remarkable. --Aranyos (talk) 13:59, 10 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep- You. Have got. To be. Kidding me. (Longer more profane post redacted due to WP:CIVIL). Notability more than established as the lead singer of two notable bands. WP:BEFORE exists for a reason, and its a bit obvious that it wasn't followed here. Umbralcorax (talk) 14:03, 10 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep -- not only is he notable, there is no other logical place to put all of the useful information on this page. It would be silly to list his bio in both the Anthrax and Armored Saint pages. Luminifer (talk) 14:43, 10 June 2009 (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.