Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ross MacDonald

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 redirect‎ to The 1975. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 06:18, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ross MacDonald

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Bundled nomination for redirection (not deletion) to The 1975:

(Rosguill's {{Notability}} tag has been contested, so a blank-and-redirect would be controversial; note AfD can be used for this per WP:ATD-R.)

These articles on performers from the 1975 contain almost no content about the individual, as no such content exists. A few sentences under "Artistry" or "Personal life" shed a little bit of detail that could be incorporated into an existing article if relevant, but almost all of the article content is duplicated and not specific to each member (as they grew up together, have performed together their entire adult life and have not generated much media attention as individuals).

The lead singer Matty Healy is an exception (and not nominated) as his media persona, stage persona, personal life and political commentary has garnered significant, sustained coverage. — Bilorv (talk) 19:14, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — Bilorv (talk) 19:14, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:58, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A WP:THREE list would be really helpful here – there's a lot of sources to dig through. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 23:37, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Skarmory: for MacDonald, there's hardly three sources that mention him separately. Probably it's 1, 2, 3. For Hann: 1, 2, 3. For Daniel there's a little more: 1, 2, 3. — Bilorv (talk) 07:41, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect all to The 1975; based on the discographies listed in the articles, Ross MacDonald and Adam Hann don't have a prayer of meeting the WP:MUSICBIO criterion of meeting WP:GNG for work independent of The 1975. It's not inconceivable that George Daniel's independent work could produce GNG's worth of coverage, but said coverage does not appear to exist at this time. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 23:59, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect all to The 1975. Those who frequent the Musicians AfD page will recall a long and brutal history of attempted articles on the band's frontman Matty Healy, and one was eventually accepted because he has media notice for activities outside the band. That does not justify full articles on these three other members, and each article's attempt to fill space with a general history of the whole band indicates that they do not have their own notability outside the band. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:38, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect all to The 1975, per the reasons above on the lack of the other members notability outside of the band. Clear Looking Glass (talk) 01:00, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect all to The 1975 per above.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 10:27, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There's obvious disruption going on here. Can't !vote because I don't know who any of the members are, but I need to point that out. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 19:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Driveby new accounts are attempting to close this AfD preemptively for inscrutable reasons. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 20:43, 8 July 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.