Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Sylvester

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The result was withdrawn by the nominator; no opinions to delete remain. (Non-admin closure) "Pepper" @ 16:28, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Sylvester

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Flagged for better referencing since August 2014, this gentleman fails WP:BIO Fiddle Faddle 17:05, 3 November 2015 (UTC) WITHDRAWN following work by Voceditenore I am aware that my withdrawal does not close the discussion since other editors opined to delete. Fiddle Faddle 11:47, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~Keep; ~~unable to find sources providing notability.~~d'oh, must have missed a lot of sources. APerson (talk!) 17:31, 3 November 2015 (UTC) (Changed vote. APerson (talk!) 13:11, 4 November 2015 (UTC))[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 18:01, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 18:01, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been notified to WikiProject Opera. Voceditenore (talk) 12:35, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

KeepDelete unless this can be better and convincingly improved as I found some links here, here and here. What's unfortunate is also that this has existed since August 2005 so there was certainly time or even the most minimal better improvement. SwisterTwister talk 05:40, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep. SwisterTwister, Timtrent, APerson, how on earth can any of you honestly say you looked for but did not find any sources that establish notability? He has entries in the Grove Book of Opera Singers (OUP extract here), the Großes Sängerlexikon (Walter de Gruyter, 2004), and The La Scala Encyclopedia of the Opera (Simon and Schuster, 1993). Plus, he passes WP:MUSICBIO on his discography alone. I found all that in 5 minutes and am now adding it to the article. You all have the completely wrong idea about deletion criteria. Lack of improvement, no matter how long, is not grounds for deletion if sources exist which establish notability—even if they do not currently appear in the article. And please read WP:BEFORE. Voceditenore (talk) 10:28, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep definitely, as per Voceditenore, and note original mover's demurral as above.--Smerus (talk) 12:28, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep obviously, per the sources added today which anybody could have found, Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:34, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above and close as WP:SNOW.4meter4 (talk) 19:30, 4 November 2015 (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.