Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nick Langston

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 delete. Majorly (hot!) 20:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nick Langston

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• Delete This page seems to be an autobiography, created by Special:Contributions/NLAcreative aka Nick Langston. The page therefore conflicts with WP:AUTO and WP:COI. Furthermore, it doesn't meet WP:N or WP:RS. The search "Nick Langston" singer brings up 66 hits in Google, with even less if you exlude the wikipedia hits, hardly a notable individual. Shiva0x007 18:19, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete non notable musician who evidently created his own vanity page. If anything userfy the information. --Cyrus Andiron 19:12, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
• Comment - This is not a 'vanity' page, however, having read the link on autobiographical sources and COI, I take the point. I also cannot comment on notability as I do not know how many hits on google are required to be 'notable' and the internet is not yet a definitive measurement of 'notability'. I have clearly made no attempt to hide my input to any page and I am also not the only user who has contributed to the pages on which I am mentioned. I would also point out that my work with EBJC, Tantric Jazz and Supergrass is both verifiable and notable so I am confused at their deletion and believe their deletion does not help people looking for information on these subjects. I have not been involved with wikipedia for as long as many others so I will clearly have less knowledge about policies and procedures. However, rest assured that any contribution were made in completely good faith.User:NLACreative

Does an article on you meet the criteria "A notable topic has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works that are reliable and independent of the subject."? I see no evidence that it does. Please read WP:N for more details.Shiva0x007 11:57, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

With reference to notability (music), amongst other things it states: "contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise notable" and, "has become the most prominent representative of a notable style or of the local scene of a city". Notable musicians are mentioned and an internet search for individuals such as Andy Kinsman and Dennis Rollins (who are referred to) and John Paul Gard (who is not referred to) will confirm their notability, as would a search amongst the local media of Bristol. With respect to "the most prominent representative of a notable style", I would make no such claims to Nick Langston being the "most prominent", but perhaps "a prominent". I would also point to the Regional Youth Music Awards http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=107007375 which refers to Nick Langston as an "established artist" along with a range of other established artists including Lemar, Massive Attack and Roni Size and also http://www.thornburyfm.org/html/pres-nickl.html . The references to Nick Langston on entries for Tantric Jazz and East Bristol Jazz Club are clearly verifiable from those institutions' own websites and others. The Supergrass website is backed by a huge fanbase and the demo at Stargoat Studios is generally known by hardcore Supergrass fans. However, as I said earlier, I clearly have less knowledge on this process than others and wish only to include information that is appropriate for wikipedia users. NLAcreative 14:05, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

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.