Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Vanstiphout


 * 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   keep. Nominator has withdrawn but this discussion has been open long enough and has enough participation for a "keep" close. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:47, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Tom Vanstiphout

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Unnotable musician. Maashatra11 (talk) 15:05, 5 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep (as article creator). Why is he not notable, in your opinion? There are sources about him, he has released two albums, he has played with very notable artists (Clouseau and Milow) and contributed to Milow's #1 album Coming of Age. He was nominated (one of four nominees, but he didn't win) for Best Musician at Belgium's most important music award. the MIA's. He is a member of de Laatste Showband, the band that performs daily in "De laatste show", a popular Flemish TVshow. He is obviously not extremely notable, but he is sufficiently notable to be included here. The article is not complete, he e.g. also contributed to Zap Mama's album 7, with Michael Franti and others. He also composed the song Shades for Stan Van Samang, which appeared on his 2007 platinum record Welcome Home. van Stiphout's 2004 album "Motion" reached #39 in the Belgian hitparade, which means that he matches criterium 2 of WP:MUSIC. Fram (talk) 07:29, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * None of your arguments seem to comply with the notability guidelines. It's unclear in what exactly he contributed to Zap Mama & Milow's albums from the article. "De laatste show" doesn't even have an article here (plenty of other flemish TV-programmes have). I don't know if being a composer for a album song by a relatively unknown artist (Stan Van Samang) is an argument. Nevertheless, it may be easier to verify his notability if you can search and add more sources in english. The only criterium that he seems to meet is the charts position, and that isn't mentioned in the article. Cheers, --Maashatra11 (talk) 20:12, 6 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep. The references in the article, taken together with Fram's explanation above, show notability. I can't be bothered to look up the policy right now, but surely a deletion rationale of "just not notable" is a reason for a "speedy keep" – if not, it should be. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:39, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: he's been a member of notable bands, was nominated for a top award, and is cited in one of the references as "the cream of Belgian studio musicians" so he's obviously notable. What's the point of this AfD? andy (talk) 22:29, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * After reading Fram's comment I have been convinced of his notability, so I withdraw.--Maashatra11 (talk) 19:27, 7 April 2010 (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.