Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcus Gilmore

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 speedy keep. Nominated by a sock puppet of a banned user with no other significant arguments for deletion, and the item in question appears to be notable. If an admin believes this should go forward, feel free to reopen it. (non-admin closure) GSS (talk|c|em) 16:36, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Marcus Gilmore

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~~This biography of a living person does not include any references or sources and WP:GNG AyaanLamar (talk) 09:20, 21 February 2018 (UTC)~~ — Striking per WP: SOCKSTRIKE. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:28, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Discuss 10:15, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Discuss 10:15, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I agree the article is poorly sourced, but the subject has received coverage in New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/arts/music/12drummers.html), Downbeat, Drum! Magazine (http://drummagazine.com/groove-analysis-marcus-gilmore/), and other reliable sources to have it pass GNG. It's true the coverage is a mixed bag of name checks vs. something a bit more substantive (the referenced NPR source is confusing: although labeled a blog, it is in fact a blog under the editorial auspices of NPR), so call it a weak keep if you want, but I think the solution is to improve the article to rather give it the axe. ShelbyMarion (talk) 16:33, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep~~ as per ShelbyMarion the article is poorly sourced but after a brief search enough other sources exist to get this past WP:GNG (even removing the fact he's got famous lineage.) While promotional, Zildjian even have him as famous drummers who use their equipment: [1] SportingFlyer (talk) 21:52, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep nominated by a sock. SportingFlyer talk 09:53, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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