Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abby Dobson (American musician)


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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 17:47, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Abby Dobson (American musician)

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Fails WP:GNG/WP:NMUSIC. I have been unable to find any significant coverage or to substantiate any of the claims of notability made in the article, such as the awards mentioned. Apart from that, the article is blatantly promotional and unsourced, and has not seen any improvement in more than a decade. Lennart97 (talk) 15:51, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete does not pass our notability guidelines for musicians.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:43, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. First off, Bronx Community College is notoriously underfunded, and invites almost anyone to perform there; before the pandemic, it had literally hundreds of shows a year, many of them free or for outside charities. Performing at the Blue Note is evidence of some notability, but that by itself is not definitive. To pass WP:MUSICBIO, we require evidence of a tour or at least multiple gigs across a wide area. I don't see that. She has a bit over 2,000 followers on Twitter, and 523 likes on Facebook. Please help rescue this by adding more evidence of notability, and ping me. Bearian (talk) 18:09, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - First, be suspicious when a Wikipedia article constantly refers to the person by their first name. Objective writers don't do that. Anyway, I concur with Bearian above that Ms. Dobson has gotten some notice. She has credits backing up some famous people in the studio, but that runs afoul of WP:NOTINHERITED if those sessions never generated coverage specifically about her. For her own work, she has no reliable album reviews, and little beyond basic gig announcements. I tried to confirm some of the article's big pronoucements that are tagged "citation needed", and found that many different websites seem to copy each other on her achievements and awards, but true original confirmation is elusive. Alas, she is a nearly-notable behind-the-scenes journeywoman, but there's just not quite enough to work with for an article here. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) 02:37, 18 March 2021 (UTC)


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