Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Alex Stevens

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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. (non admin closure) CenariumTalk 01:58, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] George Alex Stevens

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Google search yields no relevant hits. Appears to fail WP:BIO. Thaurisiltc 06:31, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Delete as non verifiable. Even if sources are found, the question of notability would arise. Springnuts (talk) 06:58, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Delete as non-verifiable and possibly completely fictitious - one would expect a person with 2000 song-writing credits to be slightly easier to verify than this. Mazca (talk) 12:44, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep, found what looks like a valid source for the mentioned song "Mother Kelly's Doorstep", written by "George A. Stevens". See here. NawlinWiki (talk) 18:21, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
    • Here are more sources: [1], [2], [3]. I will add the refs. to the article. NawlinWiki (talk) 18:25, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
    • I concede that the topic is verifiable, but the sources that have been found are either his sheet music, or only have a passing mention of the man. Unless secondary sources are found in which he is the subject, he fails WP:BIO. Thaurisiltc 12:12, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. What gets on Afd never ceases to amaze me. Famous song writer of his generation. Ask anyone over 60! Anjouli (talk) 18:57, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete even though sources have been found for his existence and writing, his notability is not sourced: he fails both the basic criteria in WP:N (since coverage is not substantial) and the guidelines in [Notability for composers and Lyricists]. Springnuts (talk) 06:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Don;t people look at the dates before searching Google? He died in 1954. The information given is enough to show there will be further --print-- sources for notability. DGG (talk) 15:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. I'm only a young whippersnapper compared to Anjouli, but I certainly know that On Mother Kelly's Doorstep is a music-hall standard. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:04, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment. A Google Books search shows that he has an entry in the 1937 edition of Who's who in music. Phil Bridger (talk) 10:04, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per the excellent arguments for retention presented above. John254 23:25, 27 March 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.