Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jordan Anderson (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   delete. Consensus at this time is in favour of deleting this page. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 08:10, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Jordan Anderson
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Artist fails WP:MUSIC. He is a double bass player with minor achievements. Angryapathy (talk) 13:13, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note This is the first AfD for this particular article. A previous AfD occured for a race car driver by the same name. Angryapathy (talk) 13:16, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep I found a review (published in the Seattle Times). According to University Week, he composed Drafts, "a work which won him the award for best original composition at the International Society of Bassists convention". This, together with other references in the article, is sufficient to pass WP:MUSICBIO. --Vejvančický (talk) 14:49, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  —• Gene93k (talk) 15:32, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Being a double bassist, he is bound not to have a large amount of coverage; however, what coverage there is is suprisingly good. I have added his profile from Seattle Symphony Orchestra's website and a few other bits, including info on the prize mentioned above, and have tidied the article up a little  --Jubilee♫ clipman  18:31, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak delete Orchestral principal double basses don't normally have articles. An article could be justified by multiple reviews of solo performances, but those offered so far are too weak IMO. Do we really want to have a series of articles on members of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra? They may be online savvy, but they're not the Berlin Phil. -- Klein zach  05:58, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak delete, I agree with Klein . No doubt this young performer is an excellent musician, but so far his achivements and his impact in the music world are not (yet) notable (the SSO is a good orchestra but let's be honest, it is no Berlin or Vienna Phil, Concertgebouw or American Big 5 orchestra)). Also, he isn't the winner of a major competition and hasn't had a notable solo career.--Karljoos (talk) 13:29, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak delete, per Kleinzach and Karljoos above. I don't think being principal bass of any orchestra, Seattle or Berlin, constitutes notability in itself.  I would need to see more evidence of his impact as a soloist or composer to be convinced that we should keep the article.  --Deskford (talk) 13:49, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Just checked &mdash; neither of the two principal basses of the Berlin Phil, Matthew McDonald and Janne Saksala, has an article, even though Janne Saksala also has an established career as a soloist. --Deskford (talk) 14:07, 2 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep per Jubilee♫. I'm seeing enough coverage in reliable sources to pass WP:BIO. --Mkativerata (talk) 08:05, 5 April 2010 (UTC)


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