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, as illustrated by Achilles below, this article does not meet the preset requisites to establish notability. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{C} 11:18, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

John Gatti[edit]

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Autobiography, violates WP:AUTO. I found 600 Google hits for "John Gatti", and the large majority are for other men with the same name. He's not nearly notable. YechielMan 12:42, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment violating WP:AUTO doesn't appear to be cause for WP:DEL in and of itself; and my understanding is that being a member of a notable band is sufficient to establish notability for a musician. right? Capmango 20:38, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Response to comment: I agree that WP:AUTO is insufficient grounds for deletion; there are many known exceptions. However, if you try the Google search yourself, you will not find much to work with. YechielMan 23:33, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep I agree with Capmango that being a member of a notable band establishes notability. The article needs much better sourcing, however.--JayJasper 17:03, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 10:14, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 10:14, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, clearly notable per WP:MUSIC. WP:AUTO should not be reason to delete in this case -- Steve Hart 15:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. I cleaned up a little for neutral point of view and removed spam link; however, reliable 3rd party sources need to be provided.
• Delete. As far as I can see, fails WP:MUSIC. I can't find any independent sources, and I just removed a bunch of text from the article because it was copied from the artist's own website. You'd think such an obvious copyvio would have been spotted earlier in the AfD. --Akhilleus (talk) 06:45, 28 June 2007 (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.