The result was delete. The references seem to be only topical external links and not references concerning the subject himself. Lack of improvement and a possible single purpose account are also factors in weighing consensus. IronGargoyle 15:48, 17 July 2007 (UTC) reply
A person of no sourced notability. Worked for a record company; his mother was mentioned in a government report. The article has a bunch of references, the majority of which don't mention this person. A few trivial mentions of his name are made in passing ("record so-and-so produced by David".) Nothing substantial notability-wise, all information about the person is unsourced. Weregerbil 04:23, 9 July 2007 (UTC) reply
Biographical information requires that the background and education of a subject be included; “worked for a record company” indicates unfamiliarity with the Recording Industry. In the 1960s, EMI Records was then the largest record company in the world (Capitol Records is one of its subsidiaries) and Mr Gooch replaced the older George Martin when he departed. He had as a colleague Norman Newell (q.v.) who, apart from producing many well known artists and translating Italian lyrics, appears not to have helped his fellow man in any way. Producing the first album to donate royalties to an Aids-related (or in American use, AIDS-related) in itself would be cause for inclusion. Concerning the Nomination for a Grammy Award, a check with the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the awards period 1985 will confirm this: David Gooch - Very Warm For May. Unfortunately they do not list nominees on their web site since that are always five in each category. Although the article does not mention it, the Nomination was a directly responsible for a change in the Academy’s rules which in the following year (1986) forbade unreleased historical recordings from being included in the category. It so happened that until 1985 no other British record producer had been nominated in this “field” as the Academy calls it.
In my estimation, the article does not “ramble all over the place” but is clearly divided into chronological sections culminating in the circumstances and results of his campaigning for the rights of the elderly in the UK. Wikipedia is read by the British researchers and if it is to be considered definitive, fame or celebrity should not be an indicator of biographical worth; if he had appeared on Big Brother, there would not be a discussion! 1810 GMT 10 July 2007. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walter Shuster ( talk • contribs)
The result was delete. The references seem to be only topical external links and not references concerning the subject himself. Lack of improvement and a possible single purpose account are also factors in weighing consensus. IronGargoyle 15:48, 17 July 2007 (UTC) reply
A person of no sourced notability. Worked for a record company; his mother was mentioned in a government report. The article has a bunch of references, the majority of which don't mention this person. A few trivial mentions of his name are made in passing ("record so-and-so produced by David".) Nothing substantial notability-wise, all information about the person is unsourced. Weregerbil 04:23, 9 July 2007 (UTC) reply
Biographical information requires that the background and education of a subject be included; “worked for a record company” indicates unfamiliarity with the Recording Industry. In the 1960s, EMI Records was then the largest record company in the world (Capitol Records is one of its subsidiaries) and Mr Gooch replaced the older George Martin when he departed. He had as a colleague Norman Newell (q.v.) who, apart from producing many well known artists and translating Italian lyrics, appears not to have helped his fellow man in any way. Producing the first album to donate royalties to an Aids-related (or in American use, AIDS-related) in itself would be cause for inclusion. Concerning the Nomination for a Grammy Award, a check with the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the awards period 1985 will confirm this: David Gooch - Very Warm For May. Unfortunately they do not list nominees on their web site since that are always five in each category. Although the article does not mention it, the Nomination was a directly responsible for a change in the Academy’s rules which in the following year (1986) forbade unreleased historical recordings from being included in the category. It so happened that until 1985 no other British record producer had been nominated in this “field” as the Academy calls it.
In my estimation, the article does not “ramble all over the place” but is clearly divided into chronological sections culminating in the circumstances and results of his campaigning for the rights of the elderly in the UK. Wikipedia is read by the British researchers and if it is to be considered definitive, fame or celebrity should not be an indicator of biographical worth; if he had appeared on Big Brother, there would not be a discussion! 1810 GMT 10 July 2007. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walter Shuster ( talk • contribs)