Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Kmetz


 * 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The result was Withdrawn.

Kevin Kmetz

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This person does not appear to meet the general notability guidelines or musician biography guidelines. The article appears to be an autobiographical vanity article. JoshuSasori (talk) 05:36, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 09:22, 8 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 09:57, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Delete. Fails WP:MUSICIAN and WP:CREATIVE.  No WP:RS to establish WP:N for WP:BIO.  Qworty (talk) 20:52, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 15:05, 22 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - There seems to be little significant coverage, I found this review that would provide nothing and nearly promotes the subject. There is another news article here that simply mentions that he plays the shamisen. I found two results of obituaries mentioning a "Kevin Kmetz" but I wouldn't know if they are relevant, either way, they would be insufficient to establish notability. One of the results was a dead link to nme.com so I searched at nme.com but all of the results appeared to be YouTube videos, no news articles about him. There are other small mentions here, here, here, here and here. Despite that the article has existed for seven years, it's unfortunate that appropriate sources have never been added, probably because there aren't any and all of them are simply event listings. Several of the results I found with Google Books appeared to be irrelevant but I'm uncertain with this result, the information that the preview provides is vague. Either way, it seems that Kevin Kmetz is non-notable and there is nothing significant to support this article. SwisterTwister   talk  18:45, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - Meets WP:GNG. A detailed article on Kmetz is Fort Collins Coloradoan February 17, 2011. I think in the collective there is enough reliable source information on Kmetz for a stand alone article on Kmetz. Other info: There's an early article at Daily News March 27, 1998. That could add maybe three sentences to the topic. [Monterey County Herald July 13, 2006] would be good for one sentence about his playing the shamisen. P & J September 6, 2006 gives some interesting bio info - "great-great grandson of an pioneering Scottish engineer who built Japan's first skyscraper." That would be good for about four or five sentences in the Wikipedia article. Sing Out! March 22, 2007 notes, "The true stunner, however, is "The Last Shamisen Master," featuring Kevin Kmetz (who blends his instrument easily into the other work). It's like a piece of prog rock, as powerful as any rock music you'll hear, and a true blood-stirrer." Monterey County Herald April 26, 2007 might be good for another sentence in the Wikipedia article. He's mentioned in San Francisco Chronicle January 20, 2008, Toronto Star May 25, 2008. Apparently, it is a big deal in Japan that "an American artist has even mastered traditional Japanese music. Kevin Kmetz" (from Nikkei Weekly, March 9, 2009, "U.S. rockers embracing J-pop"). Some more info Scotsman September 12, 2009, Sacramento Bee April 23, 2010. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 01:00, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Good job on finding the sources, I will withdraw the nomination. If you have time, could you add some of that information to the article? Otherwise this whole rigmarole is likely to just happen again. JoshuSasori (talk) 01:24, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
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