Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Courtney Audain

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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". Agent 86 01:11, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Courtney Audain

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Disputed prod. Non-notable session musician with about 500 G-Hits to his name. kingboyk 16:35, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep - A primary member of Timbuk 3 and has demonstrated notability outside that band too. [1]. And I come up with 1,530 g-hits [2]. --Oakshade 17:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
    • 500 English language hits. I probably have that many!
    • Do we have hard evidence that he was an official member of this band? The reason for my suspicion is the tiny number of hits (500 English hits for a member of a famous band?) and the fact that AMG don't list him as a member. It's quite possible I'm wrong, but it all adds up to "session musician" with the evidence available. I don't think an article in a local paper helps much either. --kingboyk 23:43, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
      • The Austin Chronicle article confirms he was in the band and doesn't lower his status to "session musician". And the Trouser Press magazine profile of Timbuk 3 further confirms his membership... "Big Shot in the Dark presents Timbuk 3 as a bona fide quartet (with drummer Wally Ingram and bassist/etc. Courtney Audain)..." "[3]. --Oakshade 01:26, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
      • And interestingly, in that AMG profile of the band, a photo of the band is included with Audain in it (you have to click on the photo to toggle to the forth one which includes the full band instead of only its two founding members, but I can't isolate the photo.) The VH1 website has a mirror of the AWG profile which does include that photo --> [4]. --Oakshade 01:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep contingent on expansion. There is precious little here, but the Austin Chronicle article is non-trivial, and if it can be multiplied this reaches the standard. Bucketsofg 19:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
  • keep per aboveOo7565 22:21, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep contingent on expansion. Timbuk 3 struggled to not be a one-hit wonder in the pre-indie days. Aubain joined in their latter days when they were not as successful. I think he meets strict WP:MUSIC, though. --Dhartung | Talk 08:25, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, seems to meet WP:MUSIC. There are lots of good sources for expansion on a GNews Archive search, but unfortunately, they all seem to be PPV due to age. Maybe someone with Lexis-Nexis will do the honors? -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 21:27, 29 January 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.