Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dempsey and Rowe

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

Other than the nominator, there are no 'delete's, so consensus is clearly to keep, although the article will need some work format-wise. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 01:45, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dempsey and Rowe

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This is an unreferenced, poorly formatted article about the theatrical lyricist/composer team of John Dempsey (lyricist) and Dana P. Rowe. The individual articles on these two are stubs, but they are at least referenced. I have no strong opinion on whether the joint page should be deleted, but as it stands I don't think there's anything in the duo's article which isn't adequately covered in the articles for each individual, or the articles for their musicals. Josiah Rowe (no relation) (talk • contribs) 20:19, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I think my preference would be keep this article, and merge/redirct John Dempsey (lyricist) and Dana P. Rowe here. It seems that they might be more notable as a pair than they are individually; similar to WP:BAND where the band gets an article with sections on the individual musicians, the individuals do not get stand-alone articles. The sources from the Dempsey and Rowe individual articles can be used for this duo article, and poor formatting is never a reason for deletion, see WP:SOFIXIT. Wine Guy Talk 12:27, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: It's worth noting that they don't seem to be working as a duo any more, and each has worked on separate noteworthy projects (e.g. Dempsey on the Broadway flop The Pirate Queen). Point taken on the formatting, however. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:34, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Having looked a bit closer, you're right, the individual articles need to remain as they both clearly meet WP:COMPOSER. They are certainly notable as a duo, as shown by a standard Google search. While they are not (yet) on the same level, the situation is similar to Rodgers and Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers, and Oscar Hammerstein II. Wine Guy Talk 07:28, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Cirt (talk) 00:46, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 21:27, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - they're not quite up there with Gilbert and Sullivan, but that's another article on a playwriting duo which doesn't just duplicate the content in the two individuals' articles. A Google search for "Dempsey and Rowe" brings up enough hits to suggest this duo is probably notable in their own right. Robofish (talk) 01:56, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 03:06, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- Tim Song (talk) 03:08, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: per Google search. - Ret.Prof (talk) 12:21, 18 February 2010 (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.