Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mick Hayes (musician)


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The result was   delete. Secret account 04:57, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Mick Hayes (musician)

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This guy is a pretty decent guitar player (check out some YouTube videos). But the article is really not good: it's practically a promotional piece even after I did a bit of pruning. And I don't think he's notable by our standards--there is no record label, no notable shows, etc. There's some coverage in GNews but it's all from the Buffalo newspapers, and I don't think it rises to the level of notability by our standards. Drmies (talk) 04:32, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete&mdash;lack of good quality source coverage. Additionally, three Premier Guitar external links were added alongside the footnotes none of which even mention Hayes. According to the article, a few companies endorsed the artist, but that does not necessarily establish notability. Who knows though, maybe one day this guy'll be a huge rock sensation, perhaps part of some band; he's got some talent. But right now, no. — WP: PENGUIN  · [ TALK ]  13:35, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Mick Hayes is an up and coming musician that is now playing all over the country with plenty of companies behind him- those companies do NOT affiliate themselves with just anyone. We should be encouraging musicians like this as I'm afraid there are less and less in the world. Also- sorry I did not sign in to write this I'm on a work computer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.180.50.53 (talk) 18:42, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep &mdash;Well everyone I think the article should be left up. It looks great for one when you compare it to most articles on here that no one seems to mention.  He is a NYS legend, he just played with Stevie Wonder 3 weeks ago in California- I watched about 10 different videos on Youtube of this that I could find (pretty impressive too actually). Just because a musician is not signed to a record label does not mean he is not worthy enough.  I found that this artist has songs published through "Could Be Entertainment" and "Crucial Music" which is now the equivalent of a record label considering labels only sign musicians that suck (Nicki Minaj for example...).    Everything is referenced and could probably be a little tighter there, but now a days this is how things work for musicians.  He has... what does it say- 13 companies endorsing him?  So I believe that it should be left alone and lets just make suggestions to the editor to tighten the article up.
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Vaca  tion  9  00:01, 21 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. Lacks significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject per WP:GNG. Pburka (talk) 04:26, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. I had a good look round but couldn't find any news or book hits, and not much web hits beyond this, whose reliability I would question anyway. The list of endorsements is straight out of WP:GARAGE. Regarding 76.180.50.53's comment about him being "an up and coming musician" - that just means it's too soon to have an article - when he's got some chart success or major national news coverage, he can have an article then. Ritchie333  (talk)  (cont)   17:39, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep &mdash;Someone that has played on stage with Stevie Wonder in the prime spot at the worlds largest music trade show (NAMM) is by no means a 'garage band'. All of his endorsers have pages for him on their websites- he's amongst some of the finest musicians on their websites  Keep the page this guy has it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.180.50.53 (talk) 02:20, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * That source is affiliated with the article's subject, which means it is a primary source and an unsuitable source to establish any notability. Ask yourself this - if he really is that good, why has he had no chart success, and why have Rolling Stone never written about him? Ritchie333  (talk)  (cont)   14:37, 26 February 2013 (UTC)


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