Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black Widow (Lil' Kim album)


 * 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 speedy delete as a hoax per my rationale below. There's no official confirmation of the title, so any album names put out before Lil' Kim or one of her reps posts the album title should be considered a hoax title. We cannot rely on the media for this, as they seem to be citing this as a title because they're looking at Wikipedia for their source. If someone can show me proof that Lil' Kim or an authoritative source (ie, a rep) has said this is a title, even tentatively, then I'll restore it.. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  10:38, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Black Widow (Lil' Kim album)

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I have found no direct quotes from Lil' Kim or her management that the album is to be called Black Widow. The Vibe article cited in the article says that the album name was taken from her Wikipedia page. This seems like a made up name, unless actual sources can be found. There is no release date for her next studio album that I can find. I think this should be removed until there is an actual announcement. Melonkelon (talk) 07:22, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agreed. This shouldn't even be turned into a redirect, because unless somebody can cite a reliable source (i.e. not a gossip site like MSN or a radio station that mixes unsourced quotes from Lil' Kim with a title to appear to give credibility to the latter) confirming Lil' Kim ever named this as a prospective title, then I think it was made up. There is also a Lil' Kim editor who appears to have contributed to the article and habitually fabricated information and "confirmed" titles for songs that are not actually in the sources they cite. They also recently created Revelation (Lil' Kim album) (which I have redirected), citing Lil' Kim's recent interview with Billboard, despite no mention whatsoever of the title Revelation in the article. That article should also be deleted.  Ss 112  07:28, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment: This is starting to get reported on in the media with people giving the album this name because it's listed here. Given that there's zero confirmation as to this title and the only places that list this title are either outlets that explicitly state that they got this title from Wikipedia or were released after this content was added to Lil' Kim's article. I'm leaning heavily towards speedying this as a hoax because while she is working on a new album, there's zero confirmation from her or anyone official that this is even a work in progress title. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  10:26, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm just going to close this as a hoax. I can't see this closing any other way, given that we have no official confirmation here and at least one of the editors that created the page is known to repeatedly add unsourced content - case in point is that they tried making their own article for this album, but under the title "Revelations". There will be a fifth album, but until the artist herself or one of her official reps releases the album name, anything that's posted should be treated as a hoax title. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  10:32, 2 March 2017 (UTC)


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