Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Young (singer)


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The result was   delete. Black Kite (talk) 10:41, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Alex Young (singer)

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I cannot find any real evidence that this singer meets the guidelines for inclusion set out at WP:MUSICBIO or the general notability guide. There's a short biography at AllMusic to take into consideration, and it appears that HipHopDX ran a competition featuring her music, but in reality this appears to be a puff piece about an artist whose career has met with little or no success despite the obvious promotional push. — sparklism hey! 07:01, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  — sparklism  hey! 07:03, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:35, 27 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - All reference material found on the subject is either self promoted or fluff. As per nom the only strong third party piece is AllMusic. I suggest the article be deleted because it fails notability.--Canyouhearmenow 14:24, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, j⚛e deckertalk 15:41, 5 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete Promotional article. Not sufficiently notable. At best this is WP:TOOSOON and should still be deleted. --Jersey92 (talk) 20:27, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete doesn't seem to meet WP:MUSICBIO and I'm skeptical about whether article meets WP:GNG. SNUGGUMS (talk · contribs) 19:23, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. Just because users glance at an article that looks to be promotional, it doesn't mean it is worthy of deletion.  I've cleaned up the fluff, reworded possible copyvio, and removed refs that were possibly self-published to mirror sites.  Nevertheless, this article is still left with up to 8 verifiable reliable sources independent of the subject itself, and therefore passes the very basic of notability guidelines.  The following are fairly lengthy interviews and/or writeups for this artist:  17 Magazine, Walmart Soundcheck Risers, HelloBeautiful.com, EastEndFashionMagazine.com, Family-to-Family, and a brief but worthy interview with Fashions Night Out.  Cheers  ♫ Cricket02  (talk) 03:57, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Interviews are not third-party references and therefore don't add to notability. SNUGGUMS (talk · contribs) 04:08, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Wow. That is just too ignorant a comment to bother arguing with. But if you would like to argue that fact, point me to where it is written. ♫ Cricket02  (talk) 04:16, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * While certainly credible as a source, interviews are basically self-promotion. Not independent of subject, and one does not gain notability through mere self-promotion. "Too ignorant a comment to bother arguing with" also comes off as rude. SNUGGUMS (talk · contribs) 04:26, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment Cricket02 - Thank you for working on the article. I reviewed it and still think the subject fails WP:NOTABILITY and this article is at best WP:TOOSOON and should be Deleted. --Jersey92 (talk) 02:26, 15 July 2014 (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.