Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greg Handevidt (2nd nomination)

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. (WP:NPASR). If desired, a merge discussion can continue on an article talk page. (Non-administrator closure) NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:30, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Greg Handevidt

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WP:BLP, relying exclusively on primary and unreliable sources, of a musician whose claim of passing WP:NMUSIC is debatable at best — while this article claims he was an early member of Megadeth for a few months long before they were famous, our article about the band itself completely fails to mention his name even one single solitary time (unless you count his presence in the navbox template at the bottom, which doesn't really count as a substantive "mention"). And furthermore, even if he was in the band at one point, NMUSIC is quite explicit that a musician is not automatically entitled to a standalone article just because he was in a notable band — if you cannot adequately reference a standalone article to reliable sources, then he only gets to be a redirect to the band and not a standalone BLP. I'd accept redirection to Megadeth if somebody can actually provide a real reliable source demonstrating that he was ever actually in Megadeth — but absent that, this has to be deleted if it can't be sourced better than this. Bearcat (talk) 07:25, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:40, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:40, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Megadeth. If the band's official history credits him as a founding member, that should be good enough. --Michig (talk) 14:38, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I can accept that as sufficient sourcing for a redirect, yes — although if the band's official history credits him as a founding member, then why has he been completely obliterated from our article about them? Bearcat (talk) 18:43, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No idea. A lot of Wikipedia articles are far from perfect. --Michig (talk) 20:15, 21 July 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, j⚛e decker ^talk 14:31, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of Megadeth band members where he is mentioned. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:41, 4 August 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, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:34, 5 August 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.