Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randy Albright

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The result was Delete. Stifle (talk) 13:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Randy Albright

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This guy should meet WP:MUSIC, as he has written songs for multiple notable artists (as verified by a search of his All Music Guide listing). However, that doesn't really qualify as a reliable source as it's just a song listing -- no actual AMG bio. Furthermore, I can't find any reliable sources asserting to his notability as a songwriter. None whatsoever. Therefore, I believe that he fails WP:MUSIC. Possible COI as well; page was created by Songmanrandy (talk · contribs), a single purpose account. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 22:24, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 22:24, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
• Comment Searching the ASCAP database does turn up a Randy Stephen Albright who has a long list of songs, some of which were recorded by the artists named in the article. I haven't checked them out to see if any would meet WP:MUSIC#Criteria for composers and lyricists but it seems possible. —Hello, Control ^{Hello, Tony} 00:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

• Most of his credits seem to be his own material. The only ones that I can see that were singles are "Oh Carolina" by Vince Gill and "That's Enough of That" by Mila Mason; the rest seem to have been cut either by Albright himself or by non-notable artists. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 16:20, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

• Delete In the absence of any indication that he was involved in the writing of a notable composition; fails WP:MUSIC#Criteria for composers and lyricists. —Hello, Control ^{Hello, Tony} 17:14, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Pastordavid (talk) 19:49, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

• It seems that this songwriter might pass WP:MUSIC but surely fails WP:V. If an encyclopaedic article can't be written, this should be deleted. SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 20:27, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

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