Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Taylor (composer)


 * 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. لenna vecia  20:54, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Robert Taylor (composer)

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Non-notable composer? The name is common, so it's difficult to search for, but this article has been here for years with no improvement and no reliable sources. Attempts to search for the subject name plus his works come up with nothing except a lot of Wikipedia mirrors. Nothing in Google News for the combination of composer and work. The history of the article indicates that there was apparently a previous deletion discussion in 2003, but the resolution was to keep. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 01:59, 31 May 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:59, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 03:39, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete. Looks non-notable to me. Niteshift36 (talk) 07:27, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. While I would prefer to be able to keep an article which has been on Wikipedia for over five years, and is about a topic (an avant-garde composer) which wouldn't necessarily get a lot of popular attention, I can't find any independent sources, and none have been provided. If some reliable independent sources are found before this AfD closes, I may reconsider. I don't know how the 2003 VfD (votes for deletion) discussion can be found. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:16, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I found that VfD discussion and copied the text to the talk page. The discussion did not involve the subject's notability, but whether the article should be deleted based on the subject's request. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:26, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, there were two VfDs within the space of a few days. The first one did involve notability. Both are now copied to Talk:Robert Taylor (composer). --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:33, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I spent some time with this, examining his website particularly regarding performances of works and trying to track down anything on the internet or in books or news and came up short. I may have found a couple of trivial mentions of him as a french horn player but nothing as a composer.  I'm not even sure if he is the "Bob Taylor" whose son "Robert Taylor" is a conductor, but regardless, he doesn't meet our notability standards regarding in-depth coverage or by WP:CREATIVE.  Things were much less difficult in 2003 but it looks like he didn't meet the standards back then either but the article was kept anyway. Drawn Some (talk) 22:31, 7 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.