Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Apprentiship of Mr. Smith: The Birth of Ne-Yo (Ne-Yo album)


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The result was   delete. Secret account 01:15, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Apprentiship of Mr. Smith: The Birth of Ne-Yo (Ne-Yo album)

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Does not meet notability guidelines for albums and has no independent coverage apart from a few retail postings at Amazon.com and CD Universe (WP:NALBUMS). Appears to be a bootlegged release of no importance (Googled) Article title is also spelled wrong. Dan56 (talk) 23:48, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Ne-Yo article. Like the above, I can confirm the existance of this album, insofar as allmusic has a track list.  However, as allmusic doesn't have an actual review of the album, nor indeed can I find any reliable review in any of the mainline press, this is probably not a notable enough for a standalone article.  -- Jayron  32  00:37, 9 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - I couldn't find any independent coverage also. But, please, include the information of the album in Ne-Yo discography, with iTunes or Amazon as source. I would suggest placing it under the "others" category, until we find reliable sources explaining why this album isn't listed on his official discography. It seems to be a bootleg of early works. --Hugo Spinelli (talk) 00:43, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. LlamaAl (talk) 01:54, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. LlamaAl (talk) 01:54, 9 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete, bootleg release. Redirect will be unnecessary since some people think all albums need to have "(Ne-Yo album)" at the end, which is not the case. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 03:08, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * That doesn't make any sense. The Amazon and iTunes links are more than sufficient to establish it as an official album. --Hugo Spinelli (talk) 13:42, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I wouldnt rule anything out with retailers (Fact magazine article). I suppose something from the artist or his label would verify it as such. Dan56 (talk) 21:00, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, I didn't know that. --Hugo Spinelli (talk) 13:18, 11 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirects are cheap. Bearian (talk) 00:31, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, J04n(talk page) 18:07, 15 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. As Dan56 said, the album title is misspelled; I'm not convinced this is worth even a redirect. Also, no coverage found in reliable sources for this record - doesn't appear to meet WP:GNG or WP:NALBUMS. A redirect of The Apprenticeship of Mr. Smith: The Birth of Ne-Yo to the Ne-Yo discography is something to consider, although the album is not mentioned there.  Gong   show  18:39, 15 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete This album is an unauthorized compilation. It should be deleted right away. Koala15 (talk) 20:05, 20 February 2013 (UTC)


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