Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim Hutchcroft

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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:05, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Kim Hutchcroft[edit]

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This man may be an active musician, but that does not make him a notable musician. An internet search reveals that there are very few third-party sources that are independent of the subject. BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 03:36, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. By far the greatest number of mentions of Hutchcroft are in passing, listing him in the credits of various albums, or as a member of Seawind. But there is one book released in 2010 by Wipf and Stock Publishers which briefly describes Hutchcroft's career in two paragraphs spanning pages 72–73: Lifestyle Worship: The Worship God Intended Then and Now, ISBN 9781608995837. The author says "my friend Kim Hutchcroft...", so it's not exactly an uninvolved third party, but it's the best thing I found. Binksternet (talk) 04:26, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
He may not be as notable musician as others from Seawind, but I believe his participation in Michael Jackson's Thriller, Off The Wall and Bad albums together with Larry Williams (jazz musician), Gary Grant and Jerry Hey should be considered when evaluating his notability.

Hutchcroft had an impact on the 1970s-1990s music industry with Seawind Horns and genres that arose and formed in that era, having done an extensive work as a session musician for various notable Jazz, Funk, Pop artists such as George Benson, B.B. King, Brothers Johnson among many others.

His credits are on AllMusic - https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kim-hutchcroft-mn0000100295

@Binksternet, he is also mentioned in the book "In the studio with Michael Jackson" by Bruce Swedien, Michael Jackson, which isn't available online. But that unfortunately isn't uninvolved third party. YitzhakNat (talk) 10:44, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Being a supporting figure on notable music projects does not confer notability in Wikipedia terms. Only producers, writers and top-billed artists are blessed with notability when connected to notable musical projects. Binksternet (talk) 03:09, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Iowa. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:35, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Not enough in-depth secondary source coverage. Binksternet (talk) 17:04, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:11, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.