Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Warren "Slim" Williams

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Fails WP:NMUSIC. » Shadowowl | talk 17:25, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Dom from Paris (talk) 17:56, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Dom from Paris (talk) 17:56, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

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• Delete Fail :WP:GNG. Only credited with [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/warren-slim-williams-mn0003084963 working on one recorded song], and one album, [https://www.discogs.com/artist/800193-Warren-Williams a single actually] and under a different entry, [https://www.discogs.com/artist/542754-Slim-Williams two albums]. There's some passing mention in [https://www.quartierdesspectacles.com/en/activity/12318/jazz-love-soul-meredith-marshall-slim-williams a local paper]. Now if [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931912/ this IMDB entry] can be verified, there may be something there, as :WP:MUSICBIO does suggest that a subject may be notable if they perform for a notable film, but :WP:COMPOSER does not state that simply writing for a notable film is enough, which is why we would have to fall back on GNG. Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:01, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

::Walter Görlitz. I don't know which part of the imdb profile you want verified but the award mentioned there is verified in the Montreal Gazette, see below. duffbeerforme (talk) 11:19, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

• Delete per above. I questioned the "prodder", but after a search online, I could not find anything new to prove notability. If there were an approriate target for redirect to a band he played in, I'd go along with that. Bearian (talk) 18:45, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

::Bearian. There is a good page for Tchukon, a Juno nominated band. duffbeerforme (talk) 11:19, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

• Delete, as there's no indication or evidence of notability, and per the notes by Walter Görlitz. I added the IMDB link, but his TV and movie work doesn't appear to be especially substantial. PKT(alk) 14:07, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
• Keep. Gemini Award winner and prominent member of a notable band. Even if you don't think there is enough for a stand alone article there is no need for deletions, in that case this page should be merged to his bands page Tchukon. Gemini (""with Oscar Peterson for best original musical score for the latter's biopic In the Key of Oscar.) is verified by {{Citation | last = Brownstein | first = Bill | author-link = | date = 31 January 2013 | title = Slim Williams stages 'family' reunion; Tchukon holds concert to mark Black History Month | periodical = Montreal Gazette | url = }}. That article has a lot about him away from the band and goes halfway to GNG. Given that his career is from the 70s on it is likely there is more in offline sources. duffbeerforme (talk) 11:16, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{U|Duffbeerforme}}, I would go along with that merger as you suggested to the band's article. Bearian (talk) 17:53, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

• Keep per duffbeerforme. Gemini winner. James500 (talk) 17:16, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
• Redirect to Tchukon. While winning a Gemini Award for his television composing work is certainly a valid notability claim in principle, it's not so "inherently" notable as to exempt him from having to be properly sourced — but on a ProQuest search, apart from the one article that Duffbeerforme pointed out above, all I can find otherwise is a handful of glancing namechecks of his existence in articles that aren't about him, and even Duff's source is fundamentally about the band rather than about Slim apart from Slim being the person who's doing the speaking about the band. So he's not really sourceable enough to qualify for a standalone BLP, and redirection to his notable band is therefore appropriate — though no prejudice against recreation in the future if somebody can find much better sources than I've been able to. Bearcat (talk) 15:40, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

• Redirect to Tchukon. After researching the musician's history and reviewing the votes above, I think this is the most convincing solution per WP policy. That band's article, in the "Breakup" section, can mention that Williams released two solo albums and later formed the band Atomic Glam. Not quite sure where the Gemini Award fits in though. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 15:22, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

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