Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Austin Mahone


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Bryce  ( talk  &#124;  contribs ) 02:49, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Austin Mahone

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No official or promotional work released, no record deal yet. Just a YouTube star whose success is slowly rising - I think it's too early for him to have a page.  ×º°”˜ `”°º× ηυηzια  ×º°”˜ `”°º×  17:43, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep: Based on meeting WP:GNG.  Whether he has "official" or "promotional" work released is irrelevant in this regard, his notability is not based on that.  He has received widespread regional as well some U.S. and international press coverage.  The AP ran a nationwide (US) story on him in November 2011.  He has charted as high already as No. 28 on the Billboard Social 50 chart (ETA: whoops he's actually sitting at No. 25 now, after 9 weeks on the chart ), which is essentially a chart which documents the cultural popularity of performers, finding those which are legitimately popular vs. baloney "he's big on youtube" claims which I loathe as much as any editor.  The Billboard chart is meant to lessen the import of subjective arguments of "its too early" or "he's not really big in my high school" stuff.  As the article creator, I was careful to make sure he was notable before creating this, as numerous "fangirl" type attempts to create articles on him had been speedily deleted as crap in prior months.  Though not dispositive, the subject's popularity is also confirmed by the page views of the article, e.g., 20598 views in the past 30 days.--Milowent • hasspoken  18:46, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
 * He still hasn't got a record deal yet, I think it's too early for this kid to have his own page. If this page will be kept, then every Beauty and the Geek contestant should have an article as well.  ×º°”˜ `”°º× ηυηzια  ×º°”˜ `”°º×  18:57, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Beauty and the Geek? I have no idea what that is, I'm not endorsing an article on my old chemistry teacher because he showed up on a game show once.  You've yet to really articulate a policy-based rationale for deletion.--Milowent • hasspoken  19:02, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm sure in a year no one will remember who he is, and if he won't get a deal, I don't think he'll meet the criteria anymore. Beauty and the Geek is a TV programme btw.  ×º°”˜ `”°º× ηυηzια  ×º°”˜ `”°º×  20:50, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll take your bet and raise you one Chris Crocker :-). --Milowent • hasspoken 22:32, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
 * She's done a lot in her life so far though. Austin has just a few videos with more than 1,000,000 views, and mainly middle schoolers know him. I don't think there should be an article about him on an encyclopeadia, nothing against him, I just don't see his relevance yet.  ×º°”˜ `”°º× ηυηzια  ×º°”˜ `”°º×  20:29, 26 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - Sufficient in-depth independent coverage in reliable sources to meet WP:GNG criteria as well as point 1 of WP:MUSICBIO. Not every you-tube wannabe deserves an article by any means, but this one meets the current notability criteria and therefore merits inclusion. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:32, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:46, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
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