Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Schroer

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 soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Daniel (talk) 23:18, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Schroer

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This article should be a redirect to The Caledonia Soul Orchestra per WP:BANDMEMBER. A WP:BEFORE search yielded no significant coverage of the artist on their own. There are lots of sources where the artist is mentioned briefly in context of Van Morrison's band, but no coverage where the artist himself is the main subject, or his career is discussed or analyzed in detail or length. For those reviewing the guidelines at Wikipedia:Notability (music), please remember that while a band may be clearly notable for charting, that doesn't extend to individual musician members of the band unless they are themselves the main subject of sources. Hence why we redirect band members to articles on the band.4meter4 (talk) 21:32, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:04, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have added some references to the article, but I agree that they are mostly general in nature, and that a redirect to Caldeonia Soul Orchestra is justified. I am surprised that I could not easily find sources that discuss Schroer’s sax solo on “Moondance”. Thank you. Design (talk) 00:32, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I was surprised myself that there wasn’t more out there. This is one of those cases where someone should have sources, but for whatever reason, writers on music just dropped the ball and overlooked them. I can’t find an obituary which is a shame.4meter4 (talk) 00:44, 8 July 2021 (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.