Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Whitfield (conductor)

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. Flowerparty■ 01:05, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Whitfield (conductor)

This page was written by the person it's about(he even signed it at the bottom), and he doesn't seem to be notable. Foxmulder 22:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

OK, while I was putting it on the AfD page someone has done a lot of wikifying (it was on the "wikify" project page), but if you go back to the original version it's obvious that it was written by the person it's about. Foxmulder 23:13, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - Non-notable bio, doesn't appear to pass WP:BIO. --lightdarkness ^(talk) 23:14, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
• Request clarification Endymion Ensemble has several CDs, appears notable. Is his role as conductor just related to Endymion, or has he conducted larger ensembles or notable orchestras? Does Whitfield have any CDs as a bassoonist? Also, Amazon has a John Whitfield who appears to be a cellist. Probably a notable classical musician pending a bit more WP:V. Thatcher131 00:11, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per cleanup. Thatcher131 03:04, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I think this article only needs a little WP:V and seeing as most people don't follow WP:DP I will assume this nomination is frivilous. The step that should have been taken is underline in WP:DP and that would be to add {{cleanup-verify}} to the article. --CyclePat 00:21, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Yeah, you're probably right. Sorry, I did read WP:DP before I did this, but I don't have any experience with AfD and I guess I missed that. Yeah, that is what I should have done. I guess I overreacted when I first saw the old version of the page. I mean, the guy has the nerve to write an article about himself, and he doesn't even format it properly, you know what I mean? Anyway, sorry about that...hope this doesn't end up wasting too much of anyone's time. Foxmulder 02:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as above. Monicasdude 02:26, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

• Strong keep; absolutely notable as founder of Endymion Ensemble; has done a lot of notable recording, including a fine reading of Benjamin Britten's Les Illuminations on EMI, for example; he's well-known as an exponent of some of the 20th century British composers that don't get recorded every day (i.e. not Britten). While autobiographies on Wikipedia almost always rub me the wrong way, this guy's actually notable. Antandrus (talk) 03:12, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per WP:MUSIC.--Isotope23 16:37, 4 April 2006 (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.