Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Larry E. Smith

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 redirect‎ to Lighthouse (band). Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:14, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:BLP (suspect but cannot definitively prove WP:AUTOBIO) of a musician, not reliably sourced as passing notability criteria for musicians. The notability claim here is of the "musician notable as member of band" variety, which is not automatic grounds for a standalone biographical article as a separate topic from the band -- he would have to be shown to pass WP:GNG as an individual for some reason besides the band (e.g. going on to a solo career), which this article is failing to demonstrate: it's referenced entirely to primary sources that are not support for notability at all, and cites absolutely no GNG building media coverage about him whatsoever.
It also warrants note that this existed as a redirect to the band until yesterday, when it got converted into this -- I would ordinarily just redirect him back to the band and walk away, but I already did that once and then it got revert-warred back to this a few minutes later, so unfortunately escalation is necessary.
The article just isn't saying anything "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to be the subject of much, much better sourcing than just the band's own self-published website and discogs.com directory listings. Bearcat (talk) 20:18, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Canada. Bearcat (talk) 20:18, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Lighthouse (band): They're a musician that doesn't have a claim to notability outside of the band. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:43, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:16, 2 September 2023 (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.