Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian Gilroy

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The result was delete. Additionally, a clear, consensus-based redirect target has not come into fruition within this discussion. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:50, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Gilroy[edit]

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Appears to fail WP:MUSICBIO; while a member of several notable bands, this musician has not demonstrated individual notability. I can not find any significant coverage of him as an individual. Neither do the Premiere Drum Contest he won as a 14-year old (not a notable contest) and the film he appeared in (as part of a band) establish individual notability. Lennart97 (talk) 20:30, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Lennart97 (talk) 20:30, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. Lennart97 (talk) 20:30, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or redirect At this stage, it fails WP:GNG. After looking at all sources, two were trivial mentions, one doesn't mention him at all, one isn't a reliable source, and one is an article about winning a drumming contest when he was 14. If the author is able to provide sources that prove significant, reliable, independent coverage then I would be all for keeping it. I would like some mention of him somewhere, but at this stage, it shouldn't be its own article. Nexus000 (talk) 01:16, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'd suggest providing a biography of him (with the small pieces of information available) on the page of the band he is best associated with. Then turn this page into a redirect to that section and turn any mentions of his name on other articles to links to the Ian Gilroy redirect. Nexus000 (talk) 04:33, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Nexus000: Sorry, I meant to reply earlier. I guess the problem here is determining which band he's actually best associated with, which is not clear to me. But the articles on those bands already mention which different bands Gilroy was also part of, so the only information from Gilroy's article that is not present at any of those pages is him winning that drumming contest, which isn't relevant to any of the bands anyway. So I do think that deletion is the better option here. Lennart97 (talk) 15:03, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take your word for it and agree with what you are saying. Nexus000 (talk) 00:25, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as failing WP:GNG, or redirect to The_Crocodiles. Bearian (talk) 16:25, 7 April 2021 (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.