Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Delahoussaye

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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 no consensus to delete, default to keep. Maybe a merger should be attempted, as suggested below. Sandstein (talk) 10:31, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ryan Delahoussaye

Ryan Delahoussaye (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Nominating for deletion -- unreferenced and not notable. --Jkp212 (talk) 07:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Procedural completion of nomination - my opinion is Neutral. Tevildo (talk) 17:20, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Seems to be a prominent member in a notable band.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 19:29, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Very Weak Keep. A prominent member of a notable band (Blue October), true, but is that enough to make him notable in his own right, without a solo career or any non-musical achievements? Perhaps, but not indisputably. Tevildo (talk) 20:51, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep he's a co-founder of Blue October - a band that is an inspiration to countless thousands of people. His band has played on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. They have released five critically acclaimed albums, the most recent of which took only 10 months to reach platinum status. The first single from their most recent album reached #2 on Billboard's modern rock chart, and the two music videos for their last two singles made it into the top 10 on VH1, with the most recent video reaching the #1 spot. Oh, and I almost forgot: They were personally invited to open for the Rolling Stones. He's one of the most talented violinists of his generation. I'd say he deserves an entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.124.33.245 (talk) 19:50, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
All those are very good reasons to keep an article on his band, Blue October (the "THEY" to which you keep referring) -- however, there are no sources for an article on the individual, and notability is not established. --Jkp212 (talk) 19:53, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per Jkp212.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 20:08, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - unreferenced, notability not established, and blatant COI issues. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 20:57, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep key member of an obviously notable band. Should definitely be expanded, however. Avruchtalk 03:43, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Merge compromise? The article repeats lots of stuff about the band and there is maybe one sentence about his role in the band and nothing about him in particular. Merge with band until there is something to say. If it was deleted then wikipedia might lose a valuable sentence,,, it can stand the loss if merging isnt possible Victuallers (talk) 11:23, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Or possibly the best thing to do is take the valuable sentence (if it is valuable), and include it in the article about the band, which is really the notable entity. I can't find any reliable sources that could help create a real BIO on this man. --Jkp212 (talk) 22:59, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Just noting that user Lama Ding Dong who has contributed to this discussion is a banned user and sockpuppet. --Jkp212 (talk) 06:30, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Not every band member of notable bands is notable, but as a founding member of the band, I think he meets the notability threshold. Jacksinterweb (talk) 22:55, 4 January 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.