Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mick Dalla-Vee

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. Appears to just about scrape through WP:MUSIC Black Kite 09:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mick Dalla-Vee[edit]

Non-notable musician. Has not received coverage by reliable sources unaffiliated with the subject. A web search only turns up 931 web pages and one news article, none go beyond trivial coverage. Only notability he may pass is music criteria eleven by being placed in rotation by a national tv network, but nothing to substantiate that, and the only info from the network's site is the same brief info.[1] and ( Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL ) Optigan13 (talk) 00:55, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I've never heard of Mick Dalla-Vee, but Google'ing him brings up 1,070 web pages. Yahoo has 930. He's also been a member of various bands and worked with various people who are in Wikipedia, so my opinion is to keep the page. Scoty6776 (talk) 15:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Of all the Google search results, none of the pages that aren't made by Dalla-Vee or someone he isn't associated with. The number of WP:GOOGLEHITS are not a criteria for notability in most instances. I don't see any notable bands that he is linked to. The only notable acts he is associated with is by sharing a common manager, which is a very tenuous association. It says he has contributed to a Motley Crue album but does not explain how he specifically did, and I can not locate any information to verify this. The only credible thing that can be verified from the numerous hits is that he released an album entitled A Whistler's Christmas. -Optigan13 (talk) 04:09, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, --Bongwarrior (talk) 09:30, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 02:33, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. —Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 02:34, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately much of the article remains unreferenced, but I have now added five references to articles in major Canadian newspapers, including one about his daughter's death (and how his fellow musicians came together to fundraise), some examples of mentions of him being part of Randy Bachman's band, one that discusses his songwriting in a CD review, and one that is about Revolver, another band he was in. --Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:11, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep and clean up. Between the references, awards and participation with Juno, it looks like there is enough here to just meet the notability guidelines. It appears the subject himself started the article, so clean up is needed if it's kept.--Kubigula (talk) 23:34, 3 March 2008 (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.