Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/'The Joe' Gurba


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Alpha Quadrant    talk    15:53, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

'The Joe' Gurba

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Non-notable musician lacking GHits and GNEWS of substance. Some local media, but fails WP:BIO and WP:MUSIC.  ttonyb (talk) 03:43, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Kijkmusic9 (talk • contribs) 05:02, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep – My apologies for being unsure of the processes and their entirety in advance. I believe that Joe is notable enough with the recognition from a 2006 Covenant Award. A national award given by the Gospel Music Association of Canada. As well as having multiple albums for sale on the iTunes store. (I do not know of how to cite that). He has also, in my opinion, "Has become one of the most prominent representatives of a notable style or the most prominent of the local scene of a city". In the Edmonton scene The Joe as well as his Record Label Old Ugly Recording Co. are extremely prominent in the local scene of Edmonton Alberta Canada. *http://www.edmontonsun.com/entertainment/music/2009/09/11/10833966-sun.html
 * http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/album+Edmonton+artist/4098878/story.html
 * http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/Rapping+beat/4101590/story.html
 * http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=155fb487-03b6-4a87-9d60-0568f727b423&p=1
 * Note - I have removed the ref tags and reformatted for readability -- Whpq (talk) 17:18, 8 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  -- Danger (talk) 10:54, 8 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - I am satisfied that the above sources represent significant coverage in reliables sources, and the Edmonton Sun article describes him as "a top ambassador for the local music scene". Beyond the sources noted above, he is also covered by tbe Edmonton Examiner, and Calgary's Fast Forward Weekly. Note that the article should probably renamed to The Joe with a REDIRECT from Joe Gurba or vice versa. Perhaps a hatnote at Joe Louis Arena makes more sense and move this to Joe Gurba.  -- Whpq (talk) 17:27, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep: Notable, as the above sources represent significant coverage in reliables sources. - Ret.Prof (talk) 00:29, 10 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep per Whpq (WP:BAND # 7) and WP:BAND #1: Is GNEWS some sort of wikipedia policy, guideline, or do you mean Google news?  The Edmonton Sun is part of Quebecor and Edmonton Journal is part of Postmedia; not some fly-by-night "neighbourhood newspaper" that nobody's every heard of.  These two sources and the citation for the Covenant Awards means the article meets WP:BAND criterion 1.  The CBC Radio 3 lists lots of write-ups in the media  (which would have to be cited in the article properly).  Argolin (talk) 01:02, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
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