Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Richman


 * 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 no consensus. W.marsh 15:03, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Adam Richman


Does not meet notability guidelines for music or people.

Mdhandley 13:48, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The article starts out by saying that he is a kid who makes records in his parent's basement.
 * He hasn't been on national tour.
 * He hasn't been picked up by any label, his albums are do-it-yourself.
 * No evidence of meeting any of the notability guidelines for people or musicians.
 * Delete per nomination; maybe even eligible for db-band. GregorB 14:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Does not assert notability per WP:MUSIC or WP:BIO. I point out in passing that another Adam Richman may be more notable than this individual, but I'm not even sure if that Adam Richman is notable enough for Wikipedia. -- Charlene 17:31, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. As vanity.  Spinach Dip 21:40, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article sounds like vanity, but the guy has been on national tour. I saw him in Chicago two years ago, last year he was back opening for a J-pop band, and I find concert listings across the US (one year ago he played back-to-back gigs on both coasts). According to this he had to drop out of college to go on tour. He has an MTV profile with video. Here's a profile/review from Harp, a print magazine. The AP carried a capsule review of his album. --Dhartung | Talk 00:12, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, he has been picked up by Or Music, the original label for Matisyahu among others. --Dhartung | Talk 00:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. In order to qualify as notable, you have to be signed to a major record label, or one of the more important indie labels. Guidelines say it must be "an independent label with a history of more than a few years and a roster of performers, many of which are notable." Or Music's only really notable performer is Matisyahu, and their history goes back barely three years. The only other qualification Adam Richman even comes close to is a national tour, so his notability is quite shaky. Give him a few more years, and see if he makes it. Then we can write an article about him. Mdhandley 01:40, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * FYI. Or Music also distributes John Cale and Los Lonely Boys. That's three notable performers besides Richman. And I'm not sure how he "comes close" to a national tour, when he criss-crossed the US for three years straight. How many times do you have to tour the country before it's a "national tour"? He's the second featured performer here. Every other band on that tour already has an article (which is not a keep argument, it's just a comparison). --Dhartung | Talk 02:22, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete —  Delete per nomination. –-  kungming·  2 | (Talk ·Contact) 02:18, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Dhartung. Meets touring requirement of WP:MUSIC. --badlydrawnjeff talk 17:27, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Dhartung, definitely meets WP:MUSIC criteria. RFerreira 05:06, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Dhartung (I generally take a dim view of the WP:MUSIC touring criterion as insufficiently rigorous and I certainly recognize that MUSIC is but a guideline and ought not categorically to control; notwithstanding that, and even as my notability guidelines as regards musicians might be differently delineated, I think there to be a broad consensus for MUSIC and that, absent special circumstances, we ought to apply it). Joe 06:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Dhartung. bbx 07:21, 17 November 2006 (UTC)


 * 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.