Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Reid Williams


 * 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 soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Consensus is the prize he won does not establish notability, nor does sourcing. I don't see a 3rd relist changing this, but happy to consider this a soft deletion given relatively minimal input. Star  Mississippi  02:15, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Steven Reid Williams

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Non-notable musician. Claims to fame are greatly exaggerated and/or do not pass WP:BAND. Sourcing is WP:PRIMARY or passing name-drops. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 01:34, 22 April 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  03:41, 29 April 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 06:30, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and England. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 01:34, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: Isn't winning a major music competition enough to justify notability per WP:MUSICBIO #9? I believe other sources could likely be found, but am happy to be proven wrong. Sean Stephens (talk) 02:18, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't see how that one is considered "major". It doesn't have an article or even have a website anymore. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 14:28, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * There is a major music award called the Wihuri Sibelius Prize, but Mr. Williams won a different one called simply "Sibelius Prize (previously known as the Overall Prize)" which does not meet the requirements of a major award seen at WP:NMUSICBIO, criteria #8-9. I wonder if the organizers (re-)named this competition after a famous musician just to make it look more important. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) 17:31, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - Mr. Williams has built a career as a session musician and songwriter for others, while occasionally releasing his own music, but unfortunately that keeps him a few steps away from independent notability in his own right. Also note that notability is not inherited from the notable people that he has backed. He has a few awards but they don't appear to be "major" (see the discussion above). As a trusty journeyman musician, he has made his mark behind the scenes but there's just not enough for his own encyclopedic article. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) 17:37, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * 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.