Talk:Matt Bissonette

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[edit] Leave Matt Bissonette Here, Please

Matt Bissonette is an accomplished musician (drummer and bass player) who has toured and collaberated with the likes of Boz Skaggs, Julian Lennon, Ringo Starr, Derek Sherinian, Ty Tabor, David Lee Roth, Christopher Cross, Joe Satriani, and Maynard Ferguson. I believe he is an important musician especially in the field of pop rock and progressive pop. Let us generate some discussion around this musician and find our what other wikis have to say...--Mikepope 02:40, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Mike. I've changed the "speedy delete" nomination to a "proposed deletion", which means the article will be considered for 5 days before deleting. I'd encourage you to take a look at Wikipedia's policy on verifiability and its guidelines on notability, especilly notability of musicians. What you need to do is find some independent sources that verify Matt's notability as a musician. Based on the above, I don't think that would be too difficult. Add those to the article and it won't be deleted - in fact I'd be happy to remove the deletion proposal myself. Good luck, Gwernol 03:00, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

My opinion is that this article fulfills criteriums for staying on Wikipedia. As taken from WP:BAND Matt:

• Has gone on an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one large or medium-sized country;
• Has released two or more albums on a major label or one of the more important indie labels (i.e. an independent label with a history of more than a few years and a roster of performers, many of which are notable).

At least when you look at "What links here", you can find out that Matt was and is a member of several significant groups or projects, and that he is reckognized to some point is musical players' community. Here are few links that show only small part of work where he colaborated: [1] and [2]. It's that these sources now should be incorporated into the article. --RockyMM 17:52, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

There is more to come, like birthdate, some more reliable sources, and a pic. I'm a neophyte wiki, so it will take a couple of days. If there's anyone who wants to help, let me know...Rocky and gwernol, thanks for the tips/help. I think another criteria from WP:BAND could apply:

• Has performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g. a theme for a network television show.

--Mikepope 02:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the "prod" notice from the page. Recent edits have really improved it and added good sources - more is always better. Nice work everyone who worked on it. Gwernol 23:07, 27 April 2006 (UTC)