Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Heasley


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The result was keep. Yunshui 雲 水 09:38, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Tom Heasley

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Fails WP:MUSICBIO and WP:GNG HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 21:12, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 21:12, 5 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep - Needs a rewrite, but his work is notable enough to be written about in AllMusic, Exclaim!, JazzTimes, others. Caro7200 (talk) 22:03, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , would you be able to provide some links? HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 22:40, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , here are a few links, thanks: AllMusic, Exclaim!, Exclaim!, JazzTimes, Star Tribune, Los Angeles Times, ''Perfect Sound Forever.
 * , Some of the sources are okay but many are unusable for establishing GNG. For example, The Star Tribune article simply states "Examples of the latter stretch back at least as far as 2002's shockingly voluptuous "On the Sensation of Tone" by ambient tuba master Tom Heasley". As well, interviews (like the one in Perfect Sound Forever) generally count as primary sources. Both of the Exclaim! articles are simply a paragraph talking about his music, not really in-depth. I cannot access the LA Times article so AGF there.HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 17:41, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , I'll concede that the Star Tribune ref, while positive and from a reliable source, is minor. I disagree with your assessments of Exclaim! and Perfect Sound Forever.  The Exclaim! refs are reviews of albums, both positive, and not that much shorter than what would be found in the reviews sections of many other music magazines.  Perfect Sound Forever is a reliable source--we have to assume that, even in an interview, some basic fact-checking is occurring.  Not only that, but the interviewer has to have done his or her homework. Caro7200 (talk) 18:19, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep the article needs improvement but the subject does have reliable sources coverage such as Exclaim, AllMusic, The LA Times and others identified in this discussion earlier so deletion is not necessary in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 20:26, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Passes MUSICBIO MistyGraceWhite (talk) 21:48, 12 May 2020 (UTC)


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