Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Gutteridge

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The result was withdrawn (speedy keep #1). Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 20:12, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Gutteridge[edit]

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NN musician. It would appear he qualifies on #6, but he does not, as the criteria reads, Is an ensemble that contains two or more independently notable musicians, or is a musician who has been a reasonably prominent member of two or more independently notable ensembles. Gutteridge, based on when he was with the bands listed, apparently did not record with either The Clean or The Chills, and thus does not appear to be a prominent member of either act (both of which have extensive discographies). His later indie act, Snapper, appears to be notable only because he was in it, which is a WP:NOTINHERITED problem - the band itself appears not to be notable on its own. It also seems improbable that he has WP:SIGCOV as required in #1, given that the sources cited are all survey works of the genre over a period of 30 or more years, and he is only referenced on single pages. MSJapan (talk) 18:17, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Subject charted a single for two weeks (at #49 and #50), and the single was not included in the article information (it was incorrectly labeled as an album charting). However, the chart in question is listed as Top 40 and lists to 50. That creates a question as to whether it was really on the chart or not. I'm going to leave this AfD open until I clarify, because barring that, the article subject meets no other criteria. If he does, I will withdraw as clearly meeting a criterion. MSJapan (talk) 18:42, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. A Google search would probably have avoided this. Obituaries and news items on his death from many publications including Exclaim!, The Stranger ("a key figure in New Zealand's shockingly strong rock scene from the '80s and '90s"), SPIN ("New Zealand Indie Rock Icon"), Rolling Stone ("One of New Zealand's indie-rock pioneers...Artists including Yo La Tengo, Ducktails and Wooden Shjips have all covered Gutteridge's music"), Radio NZ, The Quiteus ("a key figure in the development of the Dunedin sound"), The Guardian, ("one of New Zealand music's spiky heroes...he was an important musician"), New Zealand Herald ("underground music legend...He later went on to form the legendary noise-drone outfit Snapper and make his own solo recordings"), etc., etc., and Snapper are plenty notable ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5] and 2 albums on Flying Nun are enough to satisfy WP:BAND), and his solo work also received significant coverage ([6], [7]). --Michig (talk) 19:28, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Withdrawn Fair enough. MSJapan (talk) 19:48, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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