Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Burdette

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The result of the debate was keep. Deathphoenix 07:45, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Kevin Burdette

Vanity? Only 600 hits on google, not all of which are relevant. [1] GRider\^talk 23:43, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. He's been a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and has received good reviews in major newspapers. He's not far from the line, but I think he's notable. TSP 00:38, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, artist promo, just under the bar of notability for me. Megan1967 03:52, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• delete. Juntung cleverly (and likeably) added this page after I suggested that dancer Zhenrong Chen's page be deleted. My thought: Chen is signicantly less noteworthy a dancer than I singer, and I am certainly not worthy of a Wikipedia entry. My vote for Chen's deletion was shot down, and Juntung did me the honor. Note: Zhenrong is still around, and is even back on the main ballet page along side Margot Fonteyn and Mikhail Baryshnikov! Burdettekevin
• Keep soloists for major orchestras are distinctive and reasonably notable. From wikipedia:biography: "Well known entertainment figures, such as TV/movie producers, directors, writers, and actors who have starring roles, or a series of minor roles, in commercially distributed work watched by a total audience of 5,000 or more". Kappa 08:22, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep soloist in a major symphony orchestra. Clears the bar by a wide margin. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 10:00, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. In a borderline case, the person himself is a pretty good source on his own notability, especially if he is saying he isn't encyclopedically notable. (Less so if he is claiming to be notable, because of vanity.) Kevin can be presumed to know what makes for notability in his particular world, and if says he isn't notable, that decides it for me. --BM 13:15, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. I know several artists who would sell their mother to have had even one engagement each at the list of venues this gentleman has performed at. The bar for singing at the Met and the NY Opera is pretty high, so Mr. Burdette is probably at least somewhat notable. I will grant that opera is not my milieu, however - I am basing these comments on instrumentalists that I know. HyperZonk 16:36, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, Keep, by one of my cat's whiskers (quite happy to change my vote on this one btw). Wyss 19:19, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep just over the notable bar for me. Johntex 21:34, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. James F. (talk) 02:23, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. He's no Bryn Terfel, but a glance at his website reveals he is pretty notable, despite his modest objections to the contrary above. --Angr 08:03, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • That website rocks, by the way. The easter-egg gimmick was genius. I'm proud of myself for finding the secret Bass Ale page. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:29, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
• Burdettekevin, if you're around I'd like to ask you one thing: If wikipedia already had articles on everyone at your level and above, would you say they should be deleted up to the level you consider genuinely notable? Kappa 23:04, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Good question. I'm inclined to say in that case they should not be deleted. As you may have guessed, one reason I voted "delete" was because I feel uncomfortable having an entry while knowing that there are others more notable without an entry. Furthermore, were I pushed, I could not specify where I would draw the "notable" line. BTW: Andrew Lenahan - Starblind: glad you liked the easter eggs! Burdettekevin
    • For me it's like this: if I went to an opera with a major company, I'd hope to be able to look up the leading performers in WP, even if they aren't Kiri Te Kanawa. Unfortunately WP doesn't seem to have as many opera enthusiasts as science fiction fans and music lovers, but as long as articles like this one survive, I can still hope. Kappa 02:23, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - Never heard of him, but I have now. And he's a Wikipedian, so he can't be all that bad. -- Longhair 18:18, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - dude! He was like, the high-point of L'Etoile. -- Nunh-huh 03:27, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, a Wikipedian editor who claims he isn't notable. JamesBurns 10:46, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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