Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Romano

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 no consensus as to whether or not the subject is sufficiently notable to warrant his own article, so defaulting to keep without prejudice to re-nomination after a reasonable amount of time. While there is significant adspeak in the article as it is, a quick cleanup can take care of that, and so I'm not inclined to speedy it as it stands. --jonny-mt 02:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Frank Romano

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Previously tagged as an advertisement and a COI violation, the article was apparently written by Frank Romano himself [1]. No verifiable, reliable, third-party sources whatsoever are provided to establish notability. Qworty (talk) 04:42, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

• Comment. Despite the problems, he might be notable. A search of the ASCAP site using http://www.google.com/search?q=Frank+Romano+site%3Aascap.com brings up a number of pages with awards for Frank Romano. Perhaps a search of music industry publications would provide further evidence. --Eastmain (talk) 05:38, 24 March 2008 (UTC)**There are other potentially notable people by the same name, including a professor emeritus at the School of Print Media, Rochester Institute of Technology http://print.rit.edu/people/profile.php?page=24 and an Australian sales trainer at http://www.frankromano.com/ --Eastmain (talk) 05:38, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Eastmain (talk) 05:38, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 04:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

• Keep, after careful consideration, is notable and can be verified by second party sources. MrPrada (talk) 05:40, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy advertisement. Any assertion of notability in the context of the article is overwhelmed by the promotion. A new, objective, article is needed from scratch if Mr. Romano qualifies under WP:BIO and WP:MUSIC. B.Wind (talk) 06:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

• Delete. AllMusic doesn't even have a single songwriting or instrumentation credit, meaning he's a no-name session musician. The ASCAP link EastMain found suggests he won an award, but it's apparently the only mention of the award anywhere. One minor songwriting award doesn't pass WP:MUSIC. --Dhartung | Talk 07:29, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

• Redirect to Peter Boyle, who did play the role of Ray Romano's father, Frank, on Everybody Loves Raymond. 63.84.72.153 (talk) 02:28, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
• The previous comment is, of course, WP:HOAX. Qworty (talk) 18:41, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

• It might have been a bad joke or a misunderstanding. We shouldn't redirect, of course, because the character's name was not Frank Romano, but Frank Barone. --Dhartung | Talk 04:13, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

• Very weak keep - it appears as if he may just meet WP:MUSIC. BWH76 (talk) 12:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
• Delete One minor songwriting award doesn't pass WP:MUSIC. Mister Senseless™ (Speak - Contributions) 20:03, 10 April 2008 (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.