Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Franz Sparry
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The result was keep. Speedy keep j⚛e deckertalk 00:05, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
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Sparry doesn't appear to meet WP:MUSICBIO or WP:GNG, however, he's doing well that someone wrote an article about him 200 years after he lived. No German language article. Has been tagged for notability for 7 years, unresolved (tagged by TenPoundHammer. Boleyn (talk) 13:21, 31 March 2015 (UTC) Boleyn (talk) 13:21, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
- Keep. It's not easy to defend this one; at the time I created it, we had no rules about referencing. I'm quite surprised that he hasn't got an entry in German wikipedia as there seem to be more German-language sources than there are in English. However, he does seem to have written a fair amount of music - mostly devotional and for his monastery - and some of it has been recorded.Deb (talk) 13:57, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
- Keep. For an 18th century composer, I think an entry in Grove Music Online/Oxford Music Online ought to be enough. --Arxiloxos (talk) 16:15, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Austria-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:35, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
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- Keep – anybody who has an article in Grove is notable enough for Wikipedia. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 11:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
- Withdraw nomination per all above. Boleyn (talk) 11:53, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
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