Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chonk

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 03:37, Feb 6, 2005 (UTC)

Chonk
Not notable. --fvw *  06:20, 2005 Jan 31 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable, likely self-promotion. jni 08:34, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Self-promotion/spam. --Gene s 11:55, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Chonk needs to be deleted--ZayZayEM 14:11, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Maybe not a bad idea, assuming these edits to the Wikipedia and Ween articles are really by Chonk. But what's up for deletion here is just the article, not the artist. (-> No change of vote. Andrewa 15:35, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity --JimmyShelter 14:32, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Another local wannabe who thinks they can prolong their free web presence here by deleting the VfD notice (twice now)... Andrewa 15:23, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, possible artist vanity. Megan1967 03:03, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, this article was NOT put up by Chonk himself, so it is not vanity/self promotion. i posted it as a diehard fan of his, inspired by his show last night.  and i am not the only one.  he is quite big in northern california, and has gotten a lot of recognition elsewhere.  his current album sells very well online and locally.  sorry about the vandalism.. yesterday was my first day on wikipedia, and I didn't really understand that i could actually do that to an entire entry.  i take full responsibility for that.
 * Comment: Please sign your votes, user 64.170.192.142. If you wish to avoid deletion of this article, you'd better inprove it quickly, providing some evidence of this person's notability. Having CDs in one record shop and online doesn't impress me at all. Are there any audited figures on the number of sales? No change of vote. Andrewa 12:56, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't have access to that kind of information.
 * (Sigh) Please sign your posts, user 64.170.192.142. Well, how about some performance dates and places, with attendance figures, of Chonk's biggest sucesses to date? Probably the talk page is the place to put this information. Did you write the article just because you like the artist? Or were there other reasons too? If so, what are they? Andrewa 11:47, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * A vanity page does not necessarily have to be written by its subject, whether real or fictional. Megan1967 00:23, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Obsessed fan posts fall under vanity (if not a subclause needs to be wroted)--ZayZayEM 13:46, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you should do a wikipedia search on the word "vanity," because it's obvious you don't know the definition. I posted a description of an artist I appreciate.  I would hardly call that obsessed.
 * Comment: Vanity page. Also, see No personal attacks.   &mdash; Gwalla | Talk 01:26, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps if Chonk's birth name might be added I might change to an Abstain. Start-up artists are wary Wikipedia material because they quite often fail before they become encyclopedic.--ZayZayEM 06:15, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * mk, i added his real name.
 * Delete, nn, vanity. Edeans 06:50, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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