Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brandon Stewart (musician)

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 soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:05, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Brandon Stewart (musician)[edit]

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There is a lack of in-depth coverage in independent, reliable, sources.

The book Divine Orchestration: The Story of the Millennial Choirs & Orchestras written by Greg Trimble who says on his website: "I serve on ... the Board of Directors for The Millennial Choirs & Orchestras"; so it's a book from within the organization that Stewart is a co-founder of, about the organization, making this a non-independent source.
Another source, that is the most used, is the Millennial Choirs & Orchestras website.
There's some mention of Stewart's name in a single local (sub-regional) newspaper article.

I was unable to find anything else. This means that the subject fails the relevant notability guidelines: WP:GNG, WP:BASIC, WP:ANYBIO, and WP:ARTIST (and WP:NBUSINESSPERSON to the extent that it would apply to a non-profit). —Alalch E. 23:31, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Arts. —Alalch E. 23:31, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your consideration. There is an independent interview with Brandon Stewart from the Daily Herald newspaper in Provo, UT, that is being released in about a week. CEvansMCO (talk) 13:24, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Greg Trimble was not appointed to MCO's board of directors until many months after his book was published, so he was an independent source at the time the book was written.

Additionally, this article seems to fall in line with other composer/conductors, such as John Rutter and Mack Wilberg. If approved, I am happy to add compositions and arrangements to the article. CEvansMCO (talk) 16:41, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome to work on the article while this discussion is ongoing. Certainly the most relevant improvement during this period would be to add references containing significant coverage from reliable, independent, sources which demonstrate the subject's notability (according to what this term means on Wikipedia: a test used by editors to decide whether a given topic warrants its own article). Greg Trimble's book can not be considered an independent source because he was, relatively recently, significantly involved with MCO, which Brandon Stewart is a co-founder of; this is not sufficiently WP:INDEPENDENT as it still denotes a close affiliation with the subject. Interviews are also not considered sufficiently independent, most of the time. Interviews are often used as sources on Wikipedia but they are not the type of source that an assessment of notability can rest on.—Alalch E. 23:55, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete 4 sources are primary, that leaves 2 sources. The first is a book source, which is not available for viewing so its content cannot be verified or to see even if there is in depth coverage or just a mention. The last citation is just a mention.Pershkoviski (talk) 18:48, 26 March 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.