Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Holland (musician)

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The result was keep. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 21:08, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Holland (musician)

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 05:22, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:23, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep the article already has coverage in multiple reliable independent sources such as a review in Pop Matters here, Dallas Observer here and coverage in Indy Week here and here which has a full editorial staff as shown here so there is enough coverage for
  WP:GNG in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 00:25, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply
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• Weak keep - Perhaps the bands he's in are more notable? I'm looking at this strictly about Holland himself. He's had his music reviewed in No Depression, PopMatters twice[1], and in the Dallas Observer. I can't find much else, maybe because a Broadway musician shares his name. Those do qualify him through general notability guidelines, but, reviews can only go so far. I don't consider anything else sourced in that article qualifying for GNG, only
  WP:BASIC. Missvain (talk) 16:18, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply
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If this article does remain, we need to crop his wife out of that picture. I also requested permissions via Commons. Missvain (talk) 16:19, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Harriet Walter's sourcing, passes WP:ANYBIO (esp. see multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability).. ——Serial 12:42, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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