Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/August Donnelly

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. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-07 11:23Z

[edit] August Donnelly

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appears to be a non-notable biography. Speedy deletion tag was removed twice. My vote is a very weak delete. Mostly listing because of the repeatedly removed tag, with no attempt to add any references or content that would prove notability. Improbcat 00:40, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Unable to find any references on the internet (not to say they don't exist). Reads like an advert, either autobiographical or written by a close friend so conflict of interest is an issue. --Daniel J. Leivick 00:59, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Looks to be a vanity page for an utterly non-notable person. -- Necrothesp 01:17, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:BIO, WP:V, WP:RS, and WP:ADS. Possibly speedy delete per CSD A7.--TBCΦtalk? 03:03, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Notability has clearly not been established. --Nevhood 03:32, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete: Non-notable. I can't find any reliable references through Google or any other search engine, and the page reads much like an advertisement (same with Daniel J. Leivick). Seicer (talk) (contribs) 03:43, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete and salt the earth: Not enough information, at least I couldn't find any on the Internet, to build a verifiable, NPOV article. The only source is his own site, but we need 3rd party sources and there do not seem to be any. Possibly advertising. If an autobiography it sure don't seem neutral. So delete the page, and salt the earth so he doesn't try to create more advertising. 74.38.32.195 08:10, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
  • You should create a user account, IP comments are not recognized in deletion debates Just H^{editor review} 13:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment That is not correct, while anonymous contributions are subject to weighting by the closing admin (as are all AfD arguments, for that matter), anonymous editors are allowed to comment. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me Please review me!} 17:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete I can't find any assertion of notability but if there is any then keep. --Meno25 08:19, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - nn. Metamagician3000 11:35, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete and Salt - 27 google hits for "august donnelly" the only ones of which that are actually about him being his own website and his myspace page, salt it for the tag deletion which is probably a good indicator of future behavior - Arch NME 12:57, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete and close SNOW time. Just H^{editor review} 12:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Non-notable article, snow it. Hello32020 13:45, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, not speedyable as it contains some notability assertion, but I can't find a thing to back it up. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me Please review me!} 17:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• DO NOT DELETE This page is most certainly of a notable artist for which I can vouch. I created this entry at his request from an article written by the signed author. Albeit true that he is up and coming and certainly not widely known yet, it is indeed very petty and immature to make unfounded commentary simply because you may not be familiar with the artist in question. - --74.110.79.20 00:04, 4 March 2007 (UTC) A. Belanger
• The people here are not making unfounded commentary. They are making comments based on the research they have done online.

Wikipedia has guidelines for inclusion of biographies or musicians, they can be found at Wikipedia:Notability (people) and Wikipedia:Notability (music). Please read those, and make changes to the article and/or provide sources here that reflect how August Donnelly meets those requirements.

In addition, did you have permission from the author of the article you copied to post it in wikipedia? Because if you did not, there are possible copyright violations which would require removing the article. Improbcat 05:19, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete fails WP:MUSIC, lacks any sources.-- danntm ^T _C 01:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Non-notable bio. *drew 09:23, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete like a very small WP:SNOWball — fails to meet any standard for inclusion ➥the Epopt 15:26, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Even the creator states Albeit true that he is up and coming and certainly not widely known yet which I would translate into "Fails WP:Music at present." No need to salt unless the article immediately re-appears as it may be that this artise will one day become notable but for the time being wikipedia is not a crystal ball and this article fails WP:Music, WP:Bio and WP:Advert. A1octopus 16:13, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete A1octopus made the most sensible comment I have seen in the entire debate. TBC laid some groundwork in citing violated policies. Mgm|^(talk) 01:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

(moved comment below from top of page to correct location)Improbcat 14:29, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

• DON'T DELETE (2nd Vote In Favour) I can also vouch for this artist and I know that the article was reproduced with the consent of the original author. As noted he has been featured with several well-known Canadian bands, so really, what concern is it of someone who doesn't listen to more underground artists anyway? Let's not forget that's how groups like The Roots started out. --66.46.233.218 14:21, 5 March 2007 (UTC) L. Boland - Toronto, Canada.

Delete unless clearly refed by reliable sources. He may be a splendid fellow, but he can't have an article in Wikipedia without enough reliable sources being referenced. NBeale 23:01, 5 March 2007 (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.