Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Goffin

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Golbez 05:26, May 16, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] David Goffin

Gibberish like this is an embarassment to Wikipedia. Over 1000 Google hits for the name, but none seems to be both verifiable and notable. One hit co-lists the name along with Carole King as the #18 greatest songwriter of all time - but then there's no allmusic.com page for this name, which raises my suspicion meter. Also, the name comes up as a producer for some of Mark Burnett's reality shows, but I'm not sure that cuts it anyway. Delete, unless one of these two is verifiably notable. -- BDAbramson ^thimk 02:30, 2005 May 10 (UTC)

• Delete. Gerry Goffin is the notable songwriter who was married to Carole King and wrote some of the classic songs of the sixties with her. The article claim that David Goffin is the songwriter who wrote "Chains" later recorded by the Beatles but our Gerry Goffin article states that the famous Goffin cowrote the song with King and Allmusic.com credits the song to Gerry Goffin/King. [1]. No evidence that David Goffin meets Wikimusic Project guidelines. Capitalistroadster 03:03, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. JamesMLane 03:12, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, unverifiable. Megan1967 04:15, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
• Burn with fire! Cleanse WP of this... um... thing. Master Thief Garrett 05:41, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. The article originally said:

  David Goffin is the son of Jerry Goffin, in 1977 grabbed Chains, by The Beatles, Bee Gees, Nat King Cole, Elmore James, Big Joe Turner, Ray Campi, Hal David, Barney Williams, and Edward Eliscu. In 1977, Goffin was grabbed 2 albums, The very best of David Goffin, and Love Songs. In 1917 died from cholera.

  I would have speedied this as patent nonsense. There are recognisable names and the word order resembles English, but the article makes no sense. Attempts to clean it up since then seem to have been hampered by the editors' evident unfamiliarity with English. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 08:09, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete nonsense carmeld1 01:51, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

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