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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Lourdes 12:52, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Andy LaRocque[edit]

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Three of the five references here just redirect o other parts of Wikipedia. The remaining two references are to a Youtube video and an article in which the subject is mentioned VERY much in passing! Hype, hype, hype. But not notable. In the end. A loose noose (talk) 06:11, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sweden-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:14, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:14, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep A Grammy Award nominated prolific guitarist who is very much an in-demand session musician. [1]. It took only seconds to find in-depth coverage from the likes of Metal Injection and the Finnish metal magazine Inferno. [2][3]. Loudwire named him one of the 30 Most Underrated Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists" as well as one of the "11 Most Criminally Underrated Metal Guitarists".[4][5][6]. Noisecreep named hime as having one of their "5 Favorite Guest Guitar Solos."[7] I'll note that the nom is nominating other Swedish metal band articles with the same disregard to WP:BEFORE and only starting AfDs by the sourcing they currently see in the article, despite the AfD and GNG guidelines being explained to them. [8][9] This AfD fishing expedition is looking like a form of both WP:DISRUPT and WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT.--Oakshade (talk) 02:57, 20 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Not even close. Oakshade has done the work that the nominator should have done for an article that merely needs to be cleaned up with the addition of more references. There are better ways to draw attention to a messy article without a baseless claim that the person therein is non-notable. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 14:34, 20 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Along with everything that Oakshade said, he passes notability criteria 1, 6, 8 and 10. Issan Sumisu (talk) 08:26, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per arguments above. ~SML • TP 17:10, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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