Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Declan Nerney

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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. Mangojuicetalk 17:17, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Declan Nerney

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Article doesn't meet WP:MUSIC. Author deleted notability maintenance tag. There are no real assertions to notability neither are there any references or sources that demonstrate that the article's subject is anything but an average local musician. certainly nothing that would be served by an encyclopaedia article, with the exception of publicity. WebHamster 16:58, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Non-notable in the extreme. MarkBul 17:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletions. -- the wub "?!" 19:53, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep He meets WP:MUSIC, although the article currently doesn't assert this. He has 8 top-selling albums and has played in Croke Park during the All-Ireland Final [1]. Here's an article from The Irish Times where he is just talking about his lifestyle, but it shows he is notable because why else would he be interviewed. He is on TV and radio frequently in Ireland [2] and tours throughout Ireland and the UK. Country and Irish music definitely isn't my cup of tea, but he is very popular and I don't think he needs to use Wikipedia for publicity. Bláthnaid 20:28, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per User:Blathnaid. He's not necessarily my cup of tea either, musically. But he is well-known in his field, he has being going for yonks a few decades and appears in the media on a regular basis (video link from first page)FlowerpotmaN·(t) 21:21, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep as per the above. The talk page seems to give links that clearly establish his notability, and one of the editors there states his intent to add them. It's a new page, so assume good faith in the meantime. The Notability tag definitely needs to stay though, so I've added it back in and left a note on the talk page explaining why. Its removal probably wasn't malicious, just inexperience or not understanding its purpose. Bear in mind his audience seems to be among the older generation, so there's no need to scare them off with over-hasty deletions. Thomjakobsen 23:30, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete non notable original research.--SefringleTalk 03:17, 5 September 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.