Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Ashton (musician)

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The result was no consensus. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:34, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Ashton (musician)

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Does not appear to be notable on his own, only source in the article is self-published. The few mentions of him in internet search are as band member (

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:02, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:03, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Rare Bird: not notable outside the band. I can't find a single reliable source on them. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 20:11, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Rare Bird. After gaining some notability in that band, he dwelt for decades behind the scenes as a producer and writer with occasional new projects of his own, but none received any reliable notice. I can find nothing about him outside of that band, and note that there are other people of the same name. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:48, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Prominent member of two notable bands. Has an entry in The Encyclopaedia of Popular Music: A - Brown, Lloyd ed Colin Larkin, pub Muze, 2006. duffbeerforme (talk) 01:04, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep as well as the encyclopaedia entry mentioned above he does have a small bio at AllMusic here. Will do a full source-search later, Atlantic306 (talk) 00:47, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep barely. If there is a consensus to redirect to Rare Bird, no strong objection.  // Timothy :: talk  16:03, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting to determine whether this decision should be to Keep this article or Redirect it.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:59, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Update I didn't find any extra reliable sources but there are a number of likely book sources but unfortunately they don't have previews/extracts, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 22:44, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: One more shot, per Liz.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 01:45, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirectto Rare Bird: No individual notability after that band. AllMusic entry is the exact same as Encyclopaedia one. TaylorKobeRift (talk) 01:59, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• struck double vote, nomination statement counts as a vote Atlantic306 (talk)
  • I apologize for not realizing that. My vote now is to Redirect rather than for Deleting TaylorKobeRift (talk) 10:57, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 13:01, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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