Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darryl D'Bonneau


 * 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__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. 3 weeks of discussion. Time to call it. Courcelles (talk) 20:11, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Darryl D'Bonneau

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Was up for PROD but saved with the addition of a single interview. There are a few paragraphs of seemingly independent reporting at the top of that article so it could be a good source, but if it's the only one that's getting found then this still isn't showing notability. As I said in the PROD, one #1 hit on (what looks to be unless I'm mistaken) a minor Billboard chart isn't promising, and though this is no longer totally unsourced, there are still no other apparent points of notability. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 14:17, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and South Carolina. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 14:17, 14 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Question: Doesn't he pass the WP:MUSICBIO SNG criterion #2 virtue of his #1 hit on the Billboard Dance chart?
 * I disagree that Billboard dance is a minor chart, for the era, (~2000s) that was the most important chart for Dance music. By any standard within his genre that is a major chart, and Dance music is not a minor genre. Jack4576 (talk) 14:40, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It appears my first mistake was assuming that Dance/Electronic Songs was older than 2013. I suppose that means this would've been the biggest chart at the time, though for a genre which wasn't particularly major at the time so that could go any way. Doesn't matter though, my main point was that without anything else to support notability this is still too barebones. Do keep in mind that MUSICBIO specifies that "may be notable if they meet at least one" criterion (emphasis mine), but not necessarily that just meeting one is a guarantee. Having just one hit song at a time when the genre wasn't particularly successful in general doesn't feel like a strong enough claim to me. Our best bet would be more reliable sources, and my not finding any is how we got here in the first place. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 14:59, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I strongly disagree that the ~2000s were an unsuccessful period for dance music, arguably some would regard it as a silver age of sorts. Wonder if any domain experts would be able to weigh in here for comment? I still think the entry is fine as is, am leaning Keep. Jack4576 (talk) 15:36, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Arbitrarily0   ( talk ) 07:26, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete I'm not finding anything but the single 2014 piece in Dance Mogul Magazine, and honestly it reads like it was written by his publicist. Do we have another source for this claimed #1 hit? Google on "darryl d'bonneau" billboard brings up a single #48 and nothing else. Searching billboard for d'bonneau ditto. Valereee (talk) 16:07, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


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