Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Bennett Cohen

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. Overall consensus after two relistings is for article retention, including the possibility of a merge. Per the "merge/redirect" !votes, the article requires retention in order for a potential merge to occur. Further discussion regarding a merge can occur on an article talk page. Also, the nominator addended the nomination with "Merge and redirect" (at the bottom of the thread), essentially changing their initial delete !vote in the nomination, and sources have been added to the article, so it's no longer an unsourced BLP. (Non-administrator closure.) Northamerica1000^(talk) 08:01, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

David Bennett Cohen[edit]

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Entirely unsourced BLP with no content except for a list of links to other people with articles this person has allegedly performed or recorded with. The article seems to claim that this person is notable based on who they've been claimed to have recorded with, but fails WP:NOTINHERITED and WP:NMUSIC. Technical 13 (talk) 19:17, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unless WP:RS can be found. So far all I have found do not meet that criterion, but I can be convinced to change my mind. Fiddle Faddle 19:36, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 20:20, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 20:20, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Probably redirect to Country Joe and the Fish if that's his best-known musical role. --Colapeninsula (talk) 09:08, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar · · 05:18, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect as above due to lacking in depth coverage in reliable sources as required by the WP:GNG. If such sources get added to the article, feel free to ping my talk page. Stuartyeates (talk) 03:59, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Retain article David Cohen is listed in sideman guitar credits as varied as Mason Williams' "The Mason Williams Phonograph Record," Boz Scaggs' "A Boz Scaggs Anthology" and Anne Murray's "Together" - to name a few - in addition to having been a member of Country Joe & the Fish, Elephants Memory and the Mike Post Coalition. I feel citations on album liners are a valid citation for band membership (when listed as such). While incorporation into a band's article is one solution, it does not adequately address his work as a sideman which, to me at least, is just as important, especially for those of us who conduct research on such topics. Prominence is not the only (or even the best) measure of worthiness for inclusion of a named article. RichMartinez (talk) 19 August 2013 —Preceding undated comment added 21:57, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:GNG. Author of piano books,[1][2] quoted on his music philosophy in Echoes of the Sixties, also some apparent coverage in Contemporary Keyboard, 1977.[3] A merge to Country Joe and the Fish wouldn't permit that due weight be given to the subject's other work/activities. -- Trevj (talk) 09:51, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 18:44, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect as nominator, I think this is the best course of action for this article that doesn't meet WP:NOTINHERITED, WP:NMUSIC, and the WP:GNG. Technical 13 (talk) 18:56, 21 August 2013 (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.