Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dino Sofos

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 no consensus. WP:NPASR. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:54, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dino Sofos

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Unreferenced biography of musician/composer. I can find no evidence the subject meets the general notability guideline or Wikipedia:Notability (music). Insufficient secondary source material to mount a rewrite that would satisfy Wikipedia:Verifiability. Article creator's username matches subject's record label, suggesting the purpose is likely promotional, but probably falls short of WP:CSD#G11.

I am also nominating for similar reasons the following related page whose subject is a recording by this musician:

-- Rrburke (talk) 14:41, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If Dino's article is deleted, we should also dispose of his project WE ARE FREE, which has notability only in its connection to him, as far as I can tell. Brianyoumans (talk) 18:17, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete I did some looking for independent sources on this guy, and didn't find any. His connection with Road to Guantanamo appears tenuous - he appears nowhere in the IMbd entry for it. "Breathe Sunshine" clearly had some minor popularity, but I can't find any mention of it in anything like an actual magazine or newsletter. Out, unless better sources are found. (See next comment.) Brianyoumans (talk) 18:14, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Update: I found an article on him, which claims that he composes music for movie trailers, and talks about a substantial - if perhaps not particularly publicly notable - career as a sound editor and engineer. I'm not certain what someone putting together the music for a trailer does - do they compose new music? Or do they just stitch together some music from the movie soundtrack? It probably varies. I don't know what category Sofos falls in. Clearly he hasn't gotten a lot of public notice for it. I think I'll upgrade him to a weak delete.Brianyoumans (talk) 18:31, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment - I saw plenty of Ghits, but they were mostly commercial links to sell music. I couldn't actually find a single full-length review that would nudge things in the direction of satisfying WP:MUSICBIO point 1. It didn't seem to me that music trailers would qualify for keeping the article under point 10. -- Rrburke (talk) 21:48, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:32, 9 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:04, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Sofos has won some awards in his work that indicate notability. Nipsonanomhmata ^(Talk) 16:59, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The guideline WP:MUSICBIO refers to a "major award," offering as examples the Grammy, Juno, Mercury, Choice or Grammis. I fail to see how receiving a comparatively obscure marketing award meets this guideline. -- Rrburke (talk) 15:46, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:21, 22 March 2011 (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.