Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shane Nicholson (singer)


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The result was keep. -- jonny - m t  05:41, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Shane Nicholson (singer)
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The article history is full to the brim of prods, warnings, notes about unreliable references, and so forth. His primary claim to fame is being married to Kasey Chambers, and recently them producing an album together. He has no independent claim of notoriety outside of this. The band he was in before he met her, Pretty Violent Stain, isn't notable enough for its own article. He is simply an unheard of singer. A note in the article on Kasey Chambers that she married him would suffice. Also note that her first husband, Cori Hopper, does not have a Wikipedia article, and is simply mentioned in her article... Dyinghappy (talk) 15:48, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom NN Notability is not inherited or gained through marriage Dreamspy (talk) 15:57, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 19:33, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. He's an independently notable ssinger and producer (I actually had no idea he was married to Chambers) in his own right. He's recorded three solo albums, which have gotten pretty decent attention nationally, and there's more than enough press sources to write a good article on him. Comparing it to Chambers' first husband, who actually did have no claim to notability, is bizarre. This is where it pays to actually check if the person is notable before claiming that they're not. Rebecca (talk) 03:07, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: You must have a poor memory, Rebecca, as, per the history, you have edited it twice 1 2, as the only person who supported the article's existence. From the very beginning its only claim to fame was that he was married to Kasey Chambers.  It was a year ago, and in that time, no additional claims to notoriety have been suggested, nor has the article gained any reliable sources... Dyinghappy (talk) 10:36, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * We judge notability based on whether the topic is notable, and Nicholson patently is. His claim to fame is that he's a notable singer who's released three pretty successful albums, and has plenty of reliable sources that exist about him. What the article says about his claims to fame is irrelevant; if it doesn't make the above clear, it means that we need to fix the article. Rebecca (talk) 12:22, 20 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. His album It's a Movie was reviewed in Entertainment Weekly, the Chicago Tribune, and The Province—in which he was called "the new buzz boy in the singer-songwriter world"—and USA Today named it one of the top albums of 2004. There are feature articles about him in North American newspapers, for example the one I just added from the Knoxville News Sentinel. There's plenty more if people are willing to look. It's not "inherited notability" by any stretch of the imagination. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 04:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. There is serious and widespread attention being paid to his new album with Chambers in Australia. Attantion is being paid equally to Nicholson as an artist as it is to Chambers, it is difficult to escape the reality of his current notability within the Australian music scene. Gideon.Stone.114 24 April 2008 —Preceding comment was added at 23:59, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


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