Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alice offley


 * 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   delete. Courcelles 00:45, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Alice offley

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Fails WP:NMUSIC; article has one local article as source that is not tied to The Mentalists; gnews search (including archives) finds just two additional passing mentions of her having performed solo or with another group. Nat Gertler (talk) 00:17, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 13:09, 26 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:24, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:05, 8 August 2011 (UTC)




 * Keep. Alice Offley (singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist, aged 25), has had a strong career as a studio musician and backing musician, working and touring with big names, as well as being a member of smaller bands. Her name recognition by search engines has not been helped by having always been in bands, having been in so many bands, and using ever-changing stage names such as Alice Doll, MEOW and simply Alice. Working solo under her full name is a recent departure.


 * She has been part of one band, The Mentalists, which definitely is Wiki-notable. Electric Dolls are not unknown. As a solo artist under the name of MEOW, she made two original pop videos which did not go unnoticed on YouTube. She is well supported by her local press. She is due to release her first solo EP in September and from what I've seen of her previous releases, she has a good prospect of raising her profile with that. If we delete her biography now, I predict that it will reappear within the year. Offley doesn't quite fit the criteria as a solo artist, but if you add all of her media coverage together, and include her two appearances as an actress on the BBC's medical drama Casualty, I think she reaches the bar.  Rubywine . talk 09:03, 8 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Weak delete: Although she does seem to have several credits to her name(s), she does technically fail WP:MUSIC. I'm not sure that I can advocate keeping an article around based on the hope that she might not fail it at some point in the future. Topher385 (talk) 02:53, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I would have no objection to userfying this article over to someone who was keeping an eye on the impending release so that they could build from this should said release push her across the notability horizon. ---Nat Gertler (talk) 03:34, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * If that is the only alternative to deletion, I'll take the article and volunteer to watch the press. If you give it to me, please capitalise her surname. Thanks.  Rubywine . talk 22:33, 11 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete fails WP:MUSIC. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:32, 13 August 2011 (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.