Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike McKenna

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 keep. JohnCD (talk) 23:01, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mike McKenna[edit]

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Poorly sourced Vanispamcruftisement article about a non-notable musician. Fails WP:CREATIVE Dolovis (talk) 05:29, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - He has been a member of the Downchild Blues Band [1], as well as other outfits such as McKenna Mendelson Mainline [2], and Luke and the Apostles [3] which are all documented in the Canadian Pop Encyclopedia. Although behind a paywall, this article in the Toronto Star clearly has him as the primary subject, as well as this Kitchener-Waterloo record article. This article from The Age discusses McKenna Mendelson Mainline which helps establish that he has been a member of 2 or more notable groups (WP:MUSIC point 7) in addition to meeting notability based on coverage. -- Whpq (talk) 20:52, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 18:13, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete notability appears to be entirely by association (see WP:NOTINHERITED), for example being part of a band that was asked to open for a notable band once some 40+ years ago. Sourcing is shockingly paltry for someone supposedly active in music for so long. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 18:23, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A member of multiple notable bands (wp:music#6) who has recieved coverage independent of those bands (Kitchener-Waterloo record and a section in "Remembering our pop pioneers Canadian rock stars of the past look back in wonder - or anger" by Greg Quill The Toronto Star, 11 April 1998. Toronto Star link above is mostly him taking about him.) duffbeerforme (talk) 08:17, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep I have added valid in-line references to this page per WP:V and WP:INCITE. There is a lot more to be added per WP:HASPOT. He is a Canadian guitarist/sound engineer in his own right looking at his allmusic credits here [4] and his discography list here [5]. Argolin (talk) 02:29, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Also, the Toronto Star refers to him as "Legendary Toronto blues guitarist Mike McKenna" (Greg Quill, "Critic's choice", Toronto Star, April 23, 2009, p. E2). Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 14:59, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Argolin. -DJSasso (talk) 02:24, 24 January 2011 (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.