Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Kurk

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. JohnCD (talk) 20:32, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

William Kurk

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PROD removed by IP. Concern was: Appears to fail the notability criteria for musicians; article created almost entirely by Expewikiwriter (since banned for apparent promotional editing). Stuartyeates (talk) 19:54, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:11, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:BASIC and WP:BAND--lacks non-trivial mentions in multiple, independent sources. Notability is not inherited from your lineage or with whom you have worked. The awards appear to be regional and minor. He should wait until he becomes notable enough that someone independently writes an article about him. Valfontis (talk) 17:41, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ‑Scottywong | talk _ 18:23, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think that Valfontis has this right. Delete. 86.** IP (talk) 17:33, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - agree with others - checked factiva too and there is nothing about this William Kurk. SmartSE (talk) 21:07, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete - a significant touring band musician for a large number of notable acts, but no good sources and no individual notability from his own recording activities. I agree with Valfontis' last sentence above. ✤ Fosse 8 ✤ ^talk 09:55, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It didn't occur to me to search for sources under his real name, William Kirk Leathers, Jr. Since we don't know when he adopted his stage name, I've addded a search link above. Valfontis (talk) 13:42, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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