Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Phillips (author, composer)


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:27, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Thomas Phillips (author, composer)

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Non-notable academic, fails WP:Notability (academics) and WP:Notability (music), even apart from WP:GNG. Main claims to notability appear to be that he was once "awarded Artist in Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts by the North Carolina Arts Council" and that once "Tokafi made his Quartet for Instruments, composed in residency, album of the month", neither of which appear to be enough to establish notability.

I note that all of the major editors to this article, whether registered or IP, are WP:SPA editors who have edited nothing else; all but one of the IP editor addresses geolocate to Raleigh, North Carolina, where the subject "teaches comparative literature at North Carolina State University":
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This also suggests this is a vanity page.

Apart from the article contents, having checked per WP:BEFORE, I can't find any independent evidence of notability. The only thing I found not already in the article's External links section was this passing reference, but neither it nor the ELs persuade me.

Note that this Thomas Phillips is not the same as the 1735-born composer referred to here and here. TJRC (talk) 00:41, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Z1720 (talk) 01:00, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Z1720 (talk) 01:00, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Z1720 (talk) 01:00, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. Z1720 (talk) 01:00, 4 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:GNG, WP:CREATIVE and WP:NMUSIC. Since he has a common name I tried Google searches with his name and the titles of his work. My searches did not produce any profiles or reviews, and the references in the article are not sufficient. I also searched "Thomas Proctor Phillips" (alternate name cited here: ) but did not find new sources. Z1720 (talk) 01:36, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment. I cannot see any possibility of passing WP:Prof. Maybe notability can be found in WP:Creative. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:47, 4 October 2020 (UTC).
 * Delete. Fails WP:AUTHOR as his books did not cause sufficient impact; also fails WP:GNG as there is no coverage of him.  Walwal20  talk ▾ contribs 13:27, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. There's no evidence of anything that would demonstrate notability per WP:AUTHOR, WP:ACADEMIC, WP:MUSICBIO or WP:GNG. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 13:45, 4 October 2020 (UTC)


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