Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr. William J. Takacs

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. -Splash^talk 22:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dr. William J. Takacs

Not notable. Doesn't meet WP:PROFTEST guidelines. Possible vanity. Medtopic 06:49, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete nn--Jusjih 13:15, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. True, he doesn't meet WP:PROFTEST, but he seems to be more a musician than a professor, and he seems to meet the WP:MUSIC criteria of "Has won or placed in a major music competition.", with: "Takacs has won numerous competitions, including the 1999 National Trumpet Competition at George Mason University in Washington D.C., and was one of five semifinalists selected worldwide to participate in the 2000 Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Competition held in Bad Säckingen, Germany, sponsored by the International Trumpet Guild." Unfortunately, I don't know much about Trumpet, so don't know if how "major" those are, but they sound from the names as if they would qualify. (That's why this is only a weak keep - someone who knows more about trumpet can easily convince me one way or another.) AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 14:16, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
  • He also seems to meet WP:MUSIC "Has gone on an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one large or medium-sized country" with "He performed as guest principal trumpet for the New Sigmund Romberg Orchestra's 1999 performance tour of Taiwan and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Trujillo (Peru)." Take out the weak, make it a real keep. AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 16:04, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I'd suggest a merge with Amarillo Symphony Orchestra if there was an article but otherwise non-notable (one of the links is an advertisement for a brand of trumpet)--Brother William 14:39, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per User:AnonEMouse, meets WP:MUSIC requirements. Angus McLellan (Talk) 14:15, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per AnonEMouse. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 20:19, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per AnonEMouse. He is sufficiently notable for inclusion in WP even if he is not world-famous. Ande B 20:22, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• keep per AnonEMouse M1ss1ontomars2k4 ^{(T | C | @)} 19:21, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
• Wikify and keep - if this had the proper formatting, the article would not be here. B.Wind 23:06, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

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