Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Livingston

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. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 18:00, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dave Livingston

Dave Livingston (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Previous editor added AfD tag, but didn't get this page made. My guess as to reasons would be that it's an autobiography without sources that clearly show notability. (I'm neither for or against the deletion -- just doing some housekeeping here. Kathy A. 23:13, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• Moved from article talk page:
  • Delete? This article hints at notability, and does contain some citations, but it doesn't quite seem to qualify as a wikipedia article. I suggest deleting it. Davemcarlson 17:22, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
  • No,it is valid and should be kept. I totally disagree, I've been trying to find details about artists responsible for the pioneering dance scene started in Scotland called RAVE, yes RAVE it started in Scotland and this guy was one of the originators of that sort of music alogn with trance. I'm from Scotland too and have bought lots of the guy's records. Along with lots of other Scottish dance music. Maybe not known by the whole world but STILL in a popular minority nonetheless.

This article is as valid as other songwriter articles and should be kept and put in the same category as these for example : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Tanneberger (he covered one of the guys songs!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniting_Nations and even as valid as this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_abbot

It should be in this category : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trance_artists because if anyone knew anything you would know that there are lots of other artists in this category that have had songs released on the same compilation as dave livingston and dymension. In fact I'm gonna do some research and update it and add others for the history of the Scottish Dance Music Industry in Scotland and to try and stop people deleting things about it.

Just spent a long time trying to find out where to put my comments against the deletion of this article at : this article's entry could not find any mention where to put comments, can you tell me how please ? thanks. Alex —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.81.95 (talk • contribs) 16:13, 26 May 2007

• Delete for now. This article has no sources, let alone reliable sources. If mainstream press accounts surface to demonstrate the notability of this artist, the article could be re-created at that point. ≈≈Carolfrog≈≈♦тос♦ 04:00, 30 May 2007 (UTC) ——Oops, I misspoke (typed?). There are sources, albeit inline and not formatted to be easily recognizable. However, they appear to be of the less-reliable type. My vote will remain unless some more substantial sources are cited by the end of the AfD. ≈≈Carolfrog≈≈♦тос♦ 04:05, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete unless independent and reliable sources appear that demonstrate notability. Right now it's limited to primary sources and unreliable sources such as discogs.com. (I reformatted the references to eliminate confusion. Note to author, please do not manually number your references.) --Dhartung | Talk 05:08, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
• I am Trying To Stop Deletion Added independant links for a few of the guys remixes. ie you see the name in a tracklisting to prove claims are not rubbish. When I get the chance I'll go through my record collection and note down the catalogue numbers, record labels and barcodes if you want.Though some of the links I added show this. I even put an internal wiki link for one of the artists the guy remixed and her (Mary Kiani) page isn't up for deletion or all the other notes !!!! And she has had just a drop in the ocean amount of releases as this guy livingston. I would add a content box but don't have a clue as yet. Plus I must remember to join/register properly I keep forgeting. I hope there's enough done now to keep people happy and I will add more when I can of indepth accurate detail, pics of records/gigs and so on. Thanks guys !! alex —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.242.78.244 (talk • contribs)
• Keep, asserts notability for having a hit on the Scottish dance chart. John Vandenberg 13:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

No Clear consensus as yet, relisting to allow fuller consensus to form. DES ^(talk) 17:02, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

• Keep - as per John Vandenberg, having a hit on a chart does constitute N according to WP:BAND. Plm209^{(talk to me • contribs)} 17:06, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 00:45, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep If he's had chart hits, he satisifies the notability criteria Lurker 16:05, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 21:03, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, since it has not been established yet, that this article passes WP:MUSIC. The assertation that a single from this artist was on a [national] chart has not been ascertained by independent and secondary sources. In case someone does put up a link here, please ignore my comment and keep the article. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{C} 14:37, 11 June 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.