Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mick Sweda

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The result was ‎ keep. NYC Guru (talk) 21:08, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mick Sweda

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fails WP:GNG --FMSky (talk) 06:27, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Music, Bands and musicians and New York. FMSky (talk) 06:27, 15 June 2023 (UTC) Shellwood (talk) 11:10, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep, seems to pass point 6 of WP:MUSICBIO (as a prominent member of both King Kobra and BulletBoys) if reliable sourcing can be found. Mbdfar (talk) 12:47, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to BulletBoys. I acknowledge that this discussion will be made more complicated by #6 at WP:MUSICBIO, because Sweda has been a member of two notable bands. But note that the first sentence of WP:MUSICBIO says that someone may be notable for any of the following reasons, not definitely notable. Sweda has done little of note outside of those two bands and there is nothing to discuss in his own article except repeats of basic history already described at the bands' articles. As for where to redirect, he was indeed in King Kobra but he receives more coverage as a founding and constant member of the more successful BulletBoys. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:25, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, thats what i had initially done. But then a single-purpose account, likely Sweda himself, popped up to remove the redirect without an explanation and restore the article --FMSky (talk) 21:57, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Mbdfar (although he did say Weak keep) and WP:HEY. I found three secondary reliable sources to back up most of what was already in the article, one of which goes into much detail about the subject or his family. I also added new sourced information that wasn't there previously, and made things more wiki-friendly. Note that there are many sources mentioning the subject as part of BulletBoys, but those are mostly passing mentions and therefore not really useful for a biography. But I think much of what is included now would not fit well in either of the band articles. StonyBrook _babble 22:45, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I acknowledge your efforts to improve the article, but I think it's telling that you were able to find only one source that talks about any of Sweda's works outside of BulletBoys and King Kobra, and that was in his hometown newspaper (Merced). Perhaps not enough to qualify for "significant" coverage at WP:SIGCOV, but I will accept the consensus of others in this discussion. Also, the fact that he has a wife and son is not particularly encyclopedic even though a newspaper said it. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:47, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:16, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to the band per above - doesn't seem to pass GNG on his own. SportingFlyer T·C 11:36, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:28, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per both WP:MUSICBIO.6 and the sourcing improvements made since listing. Probably still needs another edit pass but a merge would probably not improve the state of the encyclopedia as a whole. —siro χ o 07:58, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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