Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Wilson (composer)

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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 02:56, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alan Wilson (composer)

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No indication of meeting WP:COMPOSER. No independent WP:reliable sources. noq (talk) 10:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am the article's creator, and recommend that Wikipedia Keep the page. The fact that Josef Weinberger Ltd.(London) and Boosey & Hawkes (London) have accepted his work for publication, and included them in their catalogues, complete with reference numbers, constitutes an external acceptance of his work. In addition, there was already a page for the composer on the German site of Wikipedia. TheAMmollusc (talk) 12:42, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:COMPOSER - being published is not enough. A page on another Wiki does not establish notability. A list of compositions does not establish notability - this requires significant coverage in independent WP:reliable sources. noq (talk) 18:30, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:11, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not related to the articles creator, but I know Alan Wilson from University life in the 1980's. Everything in the article is correct. As a composer he has not received the attention he deserves. His church music is brilliant. So, please keep the article. I found it whilst researching what he is doing now. Jeremy Honeybun —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.41.196 (talk) 16:13, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:49, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete clearly fails WP:COMPOSER by a wide margin, claims of fondness among supposed former school chums nonwithstanding. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:13, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I just found an article on him on bach-cantatas, which I will put on Ext links, to be considered. I don't know anything else yet about him, but he is clearly not as little recognized as I read above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:13, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Alan Wilson is listed with some compositions, published by different publishing companies, in the German National Library: [1]. --Density (talk) 14:01, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep mainly because of publication by Boosey. Couldn't find reviews, but then it's such a hard name for searching. --Klein zach 14:23, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per German National Library in addition to the comment above, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The award from the Royal School of Church Music is prestegious within the field of church music. That coupled with being published by Boosey clinches notability I think.4meter4 (talk) 01:30, 16 February 2011 (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.