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The result was delete. → Call me Hahc21 05:14, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

William David Smith[edit]

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The article has no references to sources independent of the composer and the one person who has recorded his work, and I have been unable to find any on line. The article is not written from a neutral point of view and appears to have been written to promote an upcoming album. —Anne Delong (talk) 00:48, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - as nominator —Anne Delong (talk) 03:37, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or at most redirect to Yaroslav Senyshyn. I have access to several subscription archives and the coverage is zero. Ditto Google Newspaper archive. Ditto Google Books. All that can be reliably sourced is that he is a Trappist monk who has had two pieces recorded and performed by Senyshyn. And that is from a very brief mention in an interview with Senyshyn himself. [1]. There simply is not enough for a stand alone article. This is one of a suite of articles by a single-purpose editor, all related to promoting MODAL Research (a project at Simon Fraser University) and its members. See also Deanna C. C. Peluso. They are all referenced to primary sources and of the group, probably only Yaroslav Senyshyn] is worth cleaning up and keeping as marginally notable. But even that one is horribly promotional and referenced almost entirely to primary sources. Voceditenore (talk) 10:38, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:37, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:38, 9 March 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, → Call me Hahc21 18:50, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete -- the article has two citations: the first fails verification; the second cites the Wikipedia article in which the same editor has inserted the same piece of WP:CRYSTAL, this time without citation. Actually, the Albany Records recording can now be cited to this. But this is hardly in-depth coverage of Smith, and it's all I can find, so I think it fails both GNG and WP:COMPOSER by a country mile. --Stfg (talk) 15:07, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete Might meet WP:ACADEMIC if significant impact in music composition can be shown. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:16, 22 March 2014 (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.