Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas H. Welch


 * 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.-- Wizardman 17:09, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thomas H. Welch

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Nonnotable musician, given sources do not establish notability per WP:MUSIC. NawlinWiki 03:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete: Cannot seem to establish notability.  Seicer  (talk) (contribs) 04:11, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand why this tragic story does not meet notability. Mr. Welch played at Disneyland. I have no idea how many fans he had, but he had the typical musician's webpage. We should look at the totality of this story. I was very surprised that people objected to this story, considering how many Wikipedia articles are on entertainers not that well known to the typical person.

It does not seem like too many people are reading the Articles Pegged for Deletion.

Billy Hathorn 04:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete or merge because it is lacking reliable sources. Maybe merge into an article about the band? Kopf1988 04:17, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a memorial service; and there is no assertion of notability here. Perhaps we should establish a sister wiki which would be a memorial service, but this is not it. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 05:04, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Seriously, what a brilliant idea: an obituary wiki. Wikiobituary? Obitpedia? -- Charlene 07:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as non-notable and unsourced. --RaiderAspect 10:40, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Why are the sources, Shreveport Times, Raised under Reagan website, and the coroner's office called "unsourced"?

Billy Hathorn 15:26, 16 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Strong delete. 1) Somebody's myspace page is not a reputable source, 2) The coroner's link is to the coroner's office home page, not to the report on Welch.  Even if the report says what the article claims, that means that only two lines of the whole article are sourced by that, 3) The Shreveport Times link is to the obituaries. Obituaries of non-public figures say (for the most part) what the family wants them to say; they are not reliably fact-checked, and most importantly 4) even if the sourcing of this article were perfect in every respect . . . this person is NOT notable.  Mwelch 19:30, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable, and the sources add nothing except a date of death. And Wikipedia is not a place for memorials. Realkyhick 23:14, 16 March 2007 (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.