Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Hicks (musicologist)


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The result was keep per WP:SNOW. a search for sources in Google usually isn't suitable for this kind of article. Try Books and other areas. (non-admin closure) — VersaceSpace  🌃 03:16, 15 September 2022 (UTC) Failed ping — VersaceSpace  🌃 03:18, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Michael Hicks (musicologist)

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Per a PROD that was removed, this person doesn't appear to be notable, and a quick search for reliable refs only returns 1 result which appears to just link to this page. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:44, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Bands and musicians,  and Poetry. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:44, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:54, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Per WP:AUTHOR. His books have attracted reviews:
 * Spencer Kimball’s Record Collection: Essays in Mormon Music


 * 1) in Notes
 * 2) in Dialogue
 * 3) in Utah Historical Quarterly
 * 4) from the Association of Mormon Letters
 * Mormonism and Music: A History


 * 1) in BYU Studies
 * 2) in American Music
 * 3) in Dialogue
 * 4) in Pacific Historical Review
 * 5) in Western Historical Quarterly
 * 6) in Studies in Popular Culture
 * 7) in The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal (original edition)
 * 8) in The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal (reissue in 2004)
 * 9) in The Journal of Arizona History
 * The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: A Biography


 * 1) in The Wall Street Journal
 * 2) in Notes
 * 3) in BYU Studies
 * 4) in Nova Religio
 * 5) in By Common Consent
 * 6) from the Association of Mormon Letters (which I can't access at the moment)
 * Henry Cowell, Bohemian (his work on Cowell is referenced in the NY Times


 * 1) in Notes
 * 2) in American Music|A391856063&v=2.1&it=r&sid=AONE&asid=c6cca639
 * Sixties Rock: Garage, Psychedelic, and Other Satisfactions


 * 1) in Notes
 * 2) in Labour
 * 3) in Ethnomusicology
 * Jahaza (talk) 21:34, 13 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Utah-related deletion discussions. Jahaza (talk) 21:41, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
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 * Keep per Jahaza. EnPassant♟♙ (talk) 21:59, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep There are enough sources to establish notability. Fabiobengario (talk) 22:45, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per Jahaza. Retinalsummer (talk) 00:04, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. The sources provided by are more than sufficient to pass WP:NAUTHOR, so the reason for deletion that the individual fails to meet the relevant notability criteria seems to be rather incorrect. —  Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 06:09, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability established by sources provided in the discussion. Elbatli (talk) 13:13, 14 September 2022 (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.