Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Corey smith (musician)


 * 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   keep. Regardless of the possible meatpuppetry, the clear consensus among established editors is that this person satisfies our inclusion criteria. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 00:02, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Corey smith (musician)

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Speedied three times previously (twice for A7, once for copyvio). Current iteration provides sources, but the only one that would qualify as a third-party reliable source only suggests some limited local popularity. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:59, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Leaning keep on this one: I have found lots of news sources covering him. Admittedly, all are local papers - but they are local to different regions of the US (Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia, Kentucky, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina), suggesting he is actually rather widely known. I'd generally look for a national reference, but this wealth of geographically disparate state-level stuff is making me lean keep. Gonzonoir (talk) 16:37, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

His album The Good Life can be viewed on cmt.com. Which is a quite bigger than local popularity —Preceding unsigned comment added by KingGSUeagle (talk • contribs) 16:44, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

One of Wikipedia’s greatest assets is the fact that it can be constantly updated to provide a higher quality of information. Nominating an article for speedy deletion due to its lack of third party information is an incorrect procedure. This article should be tagged for inadequate citation, after which the author should be given time to find valid sources.NetiGSU (talk) 17:06, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * To clarify, this isn't a nomination for speedy deletion, just regular boring old deletion. Third party sources should generally be found before creating an article, particularly when the topic's Notability is questionable (See WP:Your first article).  The article is nominated for deletion because the nominator has no reason to believe that appropriate sources exist.  If an article is deleted, the author still has all the time in the world to find sources.  If such sources are found, the article can be recreated with the new sources, and the deleted content can easily be restored by an admin. -Verdatum (talk) 17:23, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Keep   Corey Smith has been featured as a "hot artist" on livenation.com several times and has his own artist page on RollingStone.com. He is clearly more than a local celebrity. GeorgiaSouthernWeehunt (talk) 17:22, 7 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Corey Smith is a popular country music artist. A simple google search will tell you that. The article is not perfect, I'll admit, but it is still a notable topic. Landonjgsu (talk) 18:36, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:07, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Gonzonoir. -0- Mgm|(talk) 10:23, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Something odd is going on here. GeorgiaSouthernWeehunt, Landonjgsu, NetiGSU and KingGSUeagle are all studying at Georgia Southern University (as per their user pages). They all joined wikipedia at the same time, and have all edited in the last day or so, having not edited for a good few weeks. I suspect that this may be due to class assignments. WP:MEATPUPPET should be born in mind. Quantpole (talk) 14:13, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Despite the above, the guy clearly seems notable. In addition to the stuff Gonzonoir found, there is also this from the washington post. Quantpole (talk) 14:24, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - regardless of any potential vote-stacking, the references represent a wide variety of papers, so there is no issue of limited local coverage, and this is topped with a substantial article in the Washington Post where he is the primary subject of the article. -- Whpq (talk) 18:59, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Well known musician, I'm surprised the page is this poorly done. I'll try to contribute some cleanup, and I understand the nom based on this page, but it's a keeper. Shadowjams (talk) 10:42, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep -I first learned of Corey Smith while in Ecuador back in 2006, so it isnt like he is very obscure. TomNativeNewYorker (talk) 20:49, 13 December 2009 (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.