Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baxley (Musical Artist)


 * 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. Liz Read! Talk! 00:37, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Baxley (Musical Artist)

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Does not currently meet the requirements of WP:GNG. A Google search finds nothing beyond Spotify and the like. He may become notable somewhere in the near future but currently, there's just not enough significant, third-partry coverage about him to build a properly referenced article. Pichpich (talk) 01:15, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Pichpich (talk) 01:15, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment Are you also nominating Kirk Baxley? If not, merge to that article as both articles are about the same individual. Jfire (talk) 01:23, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think they're the same person. Oaktree b (talk) 01:25, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * If they are, I'd Delete both, neither has anything for GNG, his website, social media and streaming sites, then not much else. Oaktree b (talk) 01:27, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I mean... the first three words of the article are literally the guy's name and a link to the other article, followed by the identical birth date. The other article corroborates this in Kirk_Baxley. How could they be anything other than the same person? Jfire (talk) 01:37, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * They are indeed the same person. For a long time he was a member of various bands under his full name, and recently started a solo career as simply "Baxley". ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) 14:31, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Kirk's solo page is now nominated for deletion too, at Articles for deletion/Kirk Baxley. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) 20:08, 10 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete COI editing is quite likely and notability is not established. A source is required to put things like someone's date of birth into an article. When such information is pulled out of thin air with no citation provided, it gives a reason to suspect someone related to the subject is editing using information provided to them. Graywalls (talk) 04:11, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, and Kirk Baxley should be deleted too, as they are 100% the same person - the articles link to each other, and they are the only two articles the SPA editor has worked on. But they both fail WP:GNG and WP:MUSICBIO: Mr Baxley has worked with a couple of people who went on to notable bands, but he has never been in a notable band himself, and none of the sources in either article pass WP:RS. Richard3120 (talk) 08:10, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete both Baxley (Musical Artist) (this AfD) and Kirk Baxley. The second of those has not yet been formally nominated but I am unsure about the proper procedure. In any case, the musician is not notable and despite a long career he has not been noticed by the reliable music media. He and his older bands are only visible at basic directory sites and blogs, and their own social media/streaming sites. See the attempted citations in both articles, and there is nothing better to be found. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) 14:36, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - I was unable to find any independent, reliable sources (fails GNG), nor is there any indication ANYBIO or any criteria of NMUSIC is met. 78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 03:49, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - what mess, and I think we can agree for various reasons this should be deleted for either COI and/or GNG. I wish to note, yet again, that it is well known that we are not a free web host for musicians like MySpace. Bearian (talk) 21:16, 12 January 2023 (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.