Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Dowdy

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 of the debate was KEEP. Owen× ☎ 17:39, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Dowdy

Article is shameless vanity page Mecanismo | Talk 00:16, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, possible speedy unless you think that claiming to be a music teacher is a claim of notability. Fairly ordinary music teacher. Lord Bob 00:21, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Josh Parris#: 00:28, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete: Vanity. NN. KC. 00:44, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Strong Keep and clean up. Dowdy was the drummer in the great 50s Jazz trio, the Three Sounds [[1]]. -- JJay 00:59, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Weak Keep - only 2 claims to fame seem to be as drummer in The Three Sounds and a group called Club 49 Trio. Whilst Club 49 Trio gets limited google action with just 9 unique of 12 total hits, they do get a few decent ones. Also note that he has his own allmusic entry here [2]. Seems to be enough. Even though the article is talking about a music teacher, it seems that in his "former life" he was notable. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 01:14, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. His career in the 50s is more than notable. Flyboy Will 01:17, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Recorded 10 albums before the invention of the CD burner. Played with notable musicians. Durova 01:25, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. Part of a group that backed Lester Young, which makes him more notable than Gwen Stefani, Mariah Carey, and Ashlee Simpson (individually or collectively). At least it should. Monicasdude 01:46, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Comment - sounds like someone should make an article for The Three Sounds too... Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 01:49, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. He did do some notable stuff historically, even if what he does now is not. --Thephotoman 03:05, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Allmusic.com has an article on him and the references in the article seem notable and verifiable. Google Books comes up with a reasonably impressive list of mentions. [3] Article seems in reasonable shape too. Capitalistroadster 03:14, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. I've done some googling about him, this article really does not do him justice. --Ezeu 04:11, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

• True, but it's just a start. -- JJay 04:17, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

• Redirect to The Three Sounds, and create that article before bothering with ones on the individual members. Proto t c 12:18, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

• Not a bad idea. I have initiated a poor stub (which I intend to work on) – and I am looking for MP3s of them too, however implausible. I reckon y'all should help expand that stub. I still stand by my Keep vote for Bill Dowdy though--Ezeu 12:39, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• MP3s? I have a few of their albums. I rapidly expanded your stub a bit. Will have more time tonight, if no one else rounds it out-- JJay 12:59, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. I don't know anything about him, but the presence of an Allmusic.com reference (the choice of many a "notability tester") leaves me satisfied that he's notable. Jamyskis Whisper, Contribs 13:05, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. I'd like to see more about his music career in the article, however. --MisterHand 15:08, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Weak Keep Jporcaro 15:55, 22 December 2005 (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.