Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brad Wolf


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The result was delete. Liz Read! Talk! 00:33, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Brad Wolf

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I created this many years ago, but it turns out there's just nothing to say about the guy. He charted for one week and completely disappeared. I found one singular sentence about "Strictly Business" being used in an ad, but that's it. Nothing in back issues of Billboard or Country Weekly, nothing on CMT.com (the current CMT link is dead), nothing on Newspapers.com. I think per the precedent of such AFDs as Articles for deletion/Waycross (band) and Articles for deletion/New Born (rapper), the utter lack of sourcing outweighs the fact that he charted. Given the article's age I decided against a G7, and thought I shouldn't be prodding something I made myself. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 14:34, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 14:34, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:36, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep I think he lives in upstate NY now, one story in the Adirondck Daily Enterprise paper . Seems to pass the notability bar. Oaktree b (talk) 15:17, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * That source isn't even about Brad Wolf though. It's about Patrick Darrah, and says that Brad Wolf wrote some of the songs. For all we know, that might not even be the same Brad Wolf. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 15:19, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The Joel Whitburn book lists Brad Wolf as a co-writer of "Strictly Business", and this is corroborated by Broadcast Music Incorporated which lists several songs (although most under his real name of "Bradford Dee Carson"). None of the titles in the Adirondack source you cited come up on BMI at all, credited to Brad Wolf, Bradford Carson, or otherwise, so I'm inclined to think the guy in your source is someone else. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 15:27, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete IMO, the listed sources are not enough to meet GNG and one of them is a dead link.
 * NW1223&lt;Howl at me&bull;My hunts&gt; 17:21, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment: Hat tip to for pointing out the existence of Proquest. They, too, yielded no results on "Brad Wolf" "Strictly Business". Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 22:18, 2 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Comment So wiki formatting isn't my thing and I can't find how to strike-out my vote above. As it's not the same guy or only marginally mentions him in the Adirondack paper, I'm not seeing notability, leaning delete. Oaktree b (talk) 19:55, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Just use HTML tags: and at the beginning and end of what you want to strike out. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 20:26, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep a charting single meets WP:MUSIC. We also have other sources to fill out biographical information, which is nice, though not necessary for retention of the article. Chubbles (talk) 04:17, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * "We also have other sources". Where are they? Prove it. Saying sources exist doesn't make them magically appear. And you mean to tell me that an article can be left unsourced forever? Funny, I didn't know WP:V was optional now. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 15:35, 9 May 2022 (UTC)


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