Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elroy Kahanek

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The result was keep. Tone 14:55, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Elroy Kahanek[edit]

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I'm unhappy to send something straight from AfC to AfD, but by my reading, notability for this subject is based on a single obituary and two passing mentions. I'm not feeling especially hawkish on this one because the article can hardly be called promotional and Kahanek has passed away, but I'm pretty sure this does not fulfill our WP:NBIO criteria. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 20:24, 21 May 2019 (UTC) Elmidae (talk · contribs) 20:24, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I actually conflicted with the nom, but delete basically and I'm shocked at the utter lack of coverage in books or papers (I searched several archives) for someone who is a supposed writer of several notable songs. However, being a promoter of notable people isn't notable itself either, it's just a job. I'm also curious as to why the creator and AFC reviewer who thought the fact that he was robbed once in his life was at all relevant to an encyclopedia. Praxidicae (talk) 20:26, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:48, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:48, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete since subject fails WP:NCREATIVE. Wikipedia is explicitly not the place where one finds everything. -The Gnome (talk) 10:16, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep meets criteria 3 and 4 of WP:NCREATIVE. "3. The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of an independent and notable work (for example, a book, film, or television series, but usually not a single episode of a television series) or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews.

4. The person's work (or works) has: (a) become a significant monument, (b) been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) won significant critical attention". Kahanek cowrote several notable songs that we have articles on in addition to his music promotion work with several major and influential record labels. We have obituaries and news coverage of hime over many years. Not all of the Billboard articles for example go into great detail but he is noted in many articles over many years. Not all of these articles are easily available online unfortunately and I can only see snippets for many. FloridaArmy (talk) 23:55, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 02:34, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep sufficient notability asserted per WP:NMUSIC as writer of several notable songs and several notable positions at various labels. I will dig through americanradiohistory.com and the Tennesseean to see if I can find more sources. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 03:46, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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