Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bob Malone

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The result was no consensus. slakr^\ talk / 04:54, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bob Malone

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Do not believe the accomplishments of the subject of this BLP meet the requirements of MUSICBIO and the available coverage does not meet GNG. J04n(talk page) 23:23, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, j⚛e decker ^talk 03:39, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:47, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Doesn't pass WP:GNG and WP:MUSICBIO. Harsh (talk) 18:04, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep I wasn't sure about this one at first, since there is some coverage of him in RSs, [1] [2] [3] [4], but some of it is just in passing. However, I think the first two sources I linked to are enough to pass WP:GNG. Everymorning talk to me 18:08, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@J04n and Harsh 2580, any thoughts on these new sources? czar ⨹ 19:59, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

IMO the first is a legit review but the other 3 don't come close to establishing notability. Not convinced this is a notable musician based on a single review of one of his releases. J04n(talk page) 00:50, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see it passing GNG. All of these above sources are reliable, but the last two aren't exclusively written about the subject and aren't significant and the second one is trivial. Harsh (talk) 15:28, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - other sources are Music News, Hamilton Spectator, STV Aberdeen, Shetland Times, Lancashire Telegraph. Now, to be fair, most of those are just mentions that he's played with artists, and indeed he seems to be primarily notable as a sidesman. Since the phrase "Bob Malone" is a valid one to type in the search box, he's good for at least a redirect somewhere. But his credits on AllMusic verify a number of guest appearances for notable musicians including John Fogerty and Barbara Kessler. Since I can't work out where he should redirect to, and I'm not sure there is a definitive answer, I have to default to "keep". Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:57, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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