Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerard van Herk
There is coverage from the St. John's Telegram http://www.thetelegram.com/living/2010/7/1/deja-voodoo-all-over-again-1448347.html, http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/2011/11/19/oil-industry-other-changes-not-killing-2809674.html, which show he was a Canada Research Chair, which at least indicates that he has some standing as an academic, given that right now http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/index-eng.aspx?r=van+herk&k= there are only 9 of them in his field (linquistics) There's also coverage from Mashable http://mashable.com/2014/09/25/what-is-internet-speak/#ifbjaKsXyuqY, coverage of his research in books by other linguists https://books.google.ca/books?id=FoCLqMPN8vAC&pg=PA346&dq=%22gerard+van+herk%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKuJWDm_DQAhUD3WMKHTdMBvA4ChDoAQgrMAM#v=onepage&q=%22gerard%20van%20herk%22&f=false, and he gets mentioned by name several times in the context of his band/labels to Canadian rock in this book https://books.google.ca/books?id=xLIiOE_jCpAC&pg=PT80&dq=%22gerard+van+herk%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKuJWDm_DQAhUD3WMKHTdMBvA4ChDoAQg3MAU#v=onepage&q=%22gerard%20van%20herk%22&f=false. My sense is that while he might not be a slam dunk for either of the two fields (though it's more likely that he passes  because of his involvement with more than one group), there is at least a borderline notable figure for inclusion
— User:Patar, 04:16, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CREATIVE (Wikipedia:Notability)