Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ric deGroot

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 no consensus. Michig's suggestion of a redirect, however, should be seriously considered. T. Canens (talk) 08:07, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ric deGroot[edit]

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Not notable. The one source cited lists his name as a participant in an album, but that is all. Web searches produce mainly Wikipedia mirrors, together with a minority of other sources which are not reliable, not independent, or both, such as the web site of a band he belonged to, a forum, IMDb, YouTube, a fan site, etc. The claim to fame in the article is that he was a member of two bands without Wikipedia articles and two with completely unsourced articles. I have not been able to find any significant evidence of notability of any of those bands. A PROD was contested with an edit summary saying "meets WP:BAND # 6", but I can find no evidence to support the statement. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:57, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. He's been in two bands of borderline notability. Fails WP:MUSIC and WP:GNG. The article may be an WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY, as the original author's username (Dikregrett) is a kind of an messed up anagram for the subject's name. Pburka (talk) 00:11, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:59, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This entry meets WP:BAND # 6. Strange Advance absolutely meets WP:BAND and all references meet WP:V. Quickflight released two albums referenced from Library and Archives Canada. Argolin (talk) 03:38, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:31, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:36, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- -- Cirt (talk) 20:36, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Sources not in place to confirm notability of bands that would fulfill BAND #6. Furthermore, this isn't an article. It's a micro-stub BLP, which is just a worthless risk. Benefits no one, but is open for vandalism. Lara 22:17, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Meets WP:BAND, per User:Argolin. RichardOSmith (talk) 22:53, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. As a member of two notable bands, a short article is appropriate, even if it's just a stub with links to those two bands. The only slight doubt is that he may only have been a touring member of Strange Advance, and not in the band for any great length of time. A redirect to Quickflight with a mention there that he played in Strange Advance in 1985 may suffice.--Michig (talk) 10:31, 6 March 2011 (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.