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 no consensus. Horrible article with hardly any sources. Given the low participation in this debate, no prejudice against another nomination soon. Randykitty (talk) 17:00, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-notable musician. Not finding any evidence of significant independent coverage of this musician. No significant reviews of his music or book. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 20:55, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 20:56, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 20:56, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:17, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Per Wikipedia:Notability_(music)...

Musicians ... may be notable if they meet at least one of the following criteria..

'Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable, not self-published, and are independent of the musician or ensemble itself'

The article lists two books that he's been published in or covered in

'Has won or been nominated for a major music award (...)'

Paul was made an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2006.

There's at least two of the criterion right there where he meets it. The article is ugly, needs a major clean up... but that's not a valid reason for deletion. Dusti^{*Let's talk!*} 04:38, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment @Dusti: Which two books is he covered in? Westwood wrote two published books (The Bass Bible and The Bass Bible 2) but I don't see any mention in the article about any book that has been published about him. Westwood has been interviewed as a "subject matter expert" for the book The Quest for the Melodic Electric Bass (ISBN 9781472434821), but that's not the same as being the subject of the book. He is mentioned once, in passing, in Turned Out Nice Again (ISBN 9781848877573), but again, this is not a book about him. Also, I don't know that being made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music counts as a "major music award." WP:MUSIC lists specific awards that would satisfy this criterion; the RAM Honorary Membership is not among them. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 11:57, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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