Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taylor Mitchell

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 keep. Invoking WP:SNOW for this keep, also acknowledging that I've !voted on it. No prejudice against a second AFD once a minimum of time has passed. tedder (talk) 05:45, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Taylor Mitchell

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Does not meet general notability guidelines or those for music. Media coverage is regarding her death, which is one event only. ... discospinster _talk 00:41, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – Mitchell is currently attracting national attention and international attention, being reported by CTV, CBC, The Star, The Gazette, Reuters, London Free Press, The Austalian, and others. Her death is also one of the very few recorded deaths by coyotes and was launching a music career, already being nominated for an award.--Richard (Talk - Contribs) 00:45, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. -- tedder (talk) 00:46, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- tedder (talk) 00:46, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep for now. This may be a slight misunderstanding of WP:ONEEVENT; if this was Bob and Doug off the street who were killed by a coyote, that'd be deletable under WP:BLP1E. This is someone who was notable or borderline notable, and the sources are not "cover[ing] the person only in the context of a particular event". tedder (talk) 00:49, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
strong keep She was even known here, in Europe. Make a good page and ok. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Royalrec (talk • contribs) 00:54, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. A tour of the east coast of Canada is close enough to "national concert tour in at least one sovereign country." (see WP:MUSIC) There is coverage of her as a musician. See these articles from Now magazine, particularly this review of her album. -- Eastmain (talk) 01:00, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. as per the above. -ClockworkLunch (talk) 01:58, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. She was one of only two deaths ever attributed to coyotes, from what I read. She is notable, in her music career respect, as well. If her article is deleted, then a "Taylor Mitchell coyote attack" article is warranted. (See Kelly Keen coyote attack.) Thanks. (64.252.124.238 (talk) 02:00, 29 October 2009 (UTC))[reply]
Keep As for being borderline notable....she was more notable than several hundred (if not thousands) sports figures who have current articles at wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.226.52.51 (talk) 02:02, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. There is verifiable evidence of a promising career and this is a very unusual death.Letterofmarque (talk) 02:40, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I believe there are adequate reliable sources to write a verifiable, NPOV, NOR biography and I believe that there was enough coverage and interest before this incident in her but that the tragic circumstances of her early death only brings more notability (in the WP:N Wikipedia sense). DoubleBlue (talk) 02:53, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is the meaning of NOT TABLOID., A freak accident, of the most transient interest. As for notability otherwise, she was just embarking on her first tour, a/c the references. DGG ( talk ) 04:31, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I think this is a misreading of WP:BLP1E as well. Although I don't know whether anybody would have gotten around to writing this today if not for what happened, she'd certainly be notable enough to be eligible for an article if she were still alive. A nomination for a major award, a partially completed national tour, Justin Rutledge and Lynn Miles and Suzie Vinnick and John Dinsmore and Michael Johnston playing on her debut album? Yowza. This isn't a case where somebody's mistaking 1E for notability; it's a case where the 1E caused somebody to notice that a person who was already notable enough for an article anyway didn't actually have one yet. Keep. Bearcat (talk) 04:38, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I agree with Bearcat here. This artist had achieved sufficient notoriety to warrant a page in any case. Her tragic early death is not the underlying reason for the article, frankly. Perhaps it could be rewritten to focus more on her early career accomplishments. The fact that she was killed before reaching her full potential does not detract from her career achievements thus far. I find it odd that a national artist is nominated for deletion, yet articles on Presidential pets are routinely defended... Posthocergopropterhoc (talk) 05:04, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. She may not have had an article prior to her unusual death but she would meet notability guidelines given her award nomination and partially completed national tour. Steve-Ho (talk) 05:14, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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