Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Bennett (noise musician)

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 merge/redirect to Whitehouse (band). this afd shoudnt proclude any future recreation of properly sourced detailed article. Gnangarra 14:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] William Bennett (noise musician)

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Non-notable musician, fails WP:BAND. If the "pioneer" comment were cited, I might withdraw, but there are too many "William Bennett"s to sort this one out of the "noise". — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 00:47, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

• Weak Keep You can cite the "pioneering" part from AllMusicGuide's entry on his band (of which he's the only stable member). Quote: Created by William Bennett, they pioneered a branch of experimental noise known as "power electronics," a genre explored by Japanese artists such as Merzbow. If you really want to track down more sources, a search of "whitehouse" "william bennett" noise will filter out all the unrelated hits. He certainly seems to be notable within a particular niche, and has been so for around 25 years. Thomjakobsen 01:17, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 02:29, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

• Speedy Delete no evidence of any notablity, no sources. Should be deleted per WP:CSD#A7.--Sefringle^Talk 03:52, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Merge Bennett's band Whitehouse easily satisfies WP:BAND. They are highly influential. It doesn't seem important to me to have a separate page on Bennett himself; any information about him could just go on the Whitehouse page. Keeping the page seems plausible too, though. SethTisue 03:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Merge into Whitehouse (band). My library turns up several good sources like Washington Post March 4 2006: "recognized as a noise pioneer." Edmonton Journal Dec 16 2006: "biggest name in noise at the turn of the '80s." Village Voice March 22 2005: "creating the biggest buzz ... notorious ear assaulter Whitehouse, noise's purest actualization since forming in London in 1980..." etc. --Dragonfiend 04:03, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Merge into Whitehouse. If more information emerges it can always be recreated.P4k 08:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Merge into Whitehouse (band). Whitehouse and Bennett were/are extremely influential in the noise community. The Whitehouse article has more information about Bennett than this one does, so merge seems like a good idea. Doctormatt 19:51, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Plenty of notability, as several sources cited in this discussion attest. In addition to his work with Whitehouse (what he's most famous for, of course), it'd be worth expanding this article to mention other things he's been involved with, such as his record labels (Come Organisation and Susan Lawly) and the attendant controversy (e.g. the dispute with Maurizio Bianchi), as well as his previous bands, Essential Logic and Come. --Delirium 07:35, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

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