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The result was no consensus. – filelakeshoe ( t / c) 🐱 09:44, 3 October 2019 (UTC) reply

Keith Anderson (saxophonist)

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Not notable, not enough sources for an article of substance. No significant impact in jazz. Spent most of his time as sax player for Prince and Kanye West. Vmavanti ( talk) 16:53, 10 September 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 16:56, 10 September 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 16:57, 10 September 2019 (UTC) reply

• Keep: (Disclosure: as creator of the original stub. Given that most jazz musicians with encyclopaedic articles at Wikipedia cannot be said to have had a "significant impact in [sic] jazz", guidelines such as "... multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability" ( Wikipedia:Notability (people)) seem to work for the majority of cases, especially when from reliable sources, even if they are mere mentions. Likewise, regarding the statement "not enough sources for an article of substance" (that's what stub class articles are all about — Wikipedia:Do not confuse stub status with non-notability). As for the final comment above ("Spent most of his time as sax player for Prince and Kanye West."), am not sure if that is a critical assessment of a career or an example of a perceived lack of notability. Possibly notability tag, rather than AfD, should have been considered. -- Technopat ( talk) 10:09, 12 September 2019 (UTC) reply

• Weak delete, fails WP:Notability (music). In taking a look at the Jazz Times article, which is a significant publication, Keith Anderson was the main subject of that review. The other sources appear to be about the artists he has played with as the main subject, and he is only mentioned tangentially. If another source where he is the main subject can be found, than he would meet the criteria for inclusion. I suggest digging around to see if any music critics from other publications, including newspapers, may have reviewed one of his concerts. If that's the case, he would satisfy wikipedia's notability requirements. 4meter4 ( talk) 02:09, 20 September 2019 (UTC) reply

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