Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew York
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- 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 keep but please cite some of these sources in the actual article. W.marsh 00:42, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Andrew York
Delete or merge to Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. non notable musician per WP:BIO. He is not notable outside of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Strothra 22:33, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
- Weak Merge with Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, borderline on Weak Keep. Canadian-Bacon t c 23:59, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
- Weak keep possible merge as CB; appears to be notable but only in the context of the quartet. Demiurge 00:06, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
- Andrew York is important outside of the "Los Angeles Guitar Quartet", which he left in 2006! His compositions for guitar are performed by guitarists all around the world, even by John Williams (guitarist) (ref. [1]) (Put another way: If Andrew York is deleted, all articles in [2] need to be deleted.)
- Weak Delete This article has some serious POV issues, and probably should be merged into "Los Angeles Guitar Quartet." However, I really don't see a consensus forming here, so this may have to be relisted. Diez2 21:43, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Mackensen (talk) 14:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
- Strong Keep Andrew York has been "featured on the magazine covers of Gendai Guitar in Japan and Classical Guitar in England December 1993: Volume 12, Number 4, and interviews have also appeared in Acoustic Guitar and Guitar Player in the U. S. A." (ref. [3], [4]).
His solo CD "Denouement" was voted "”Best Classical Album”" of 1994 by Guitar Player Magazine readers’ poll [5].
(Andrew York cannot be merged with LAGQ, because he left them around Sep. 2006![6])
Andrew York is (in my humble opinion) a sensitive guitarist and lyrical composer. -> There is a radio interview [7], where Andrew York plays one of his own compositions "Letting go" - live (no sound-studio touch-ups) AlonsoAlfons 12:32, 2 December 2006 (UTC) - Keep His CDs are available on amazon, and he is the subject of press coverage. DrKiernan 11:18, 4 December 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.
