Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Davey Asprey


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The result was delete. North America1000 00:21, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Davey Asprey

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Repeatedly created by a user with confirmed COI. I do not believe that this article satisfies any of the 12 criteria listed at WP:MUSICBIO. The artiste does not appear to have released any albums on a "major record label" (see criterion #5). Significant coverage in multiple, independent, reliable sources (see criterion #1) is lacking – the article is sourced mostly to Discogs. I am not convinced that BPM DJ of the Year constitutes a "major music award" (see criterion #8).  Super Mario  Man  ( talk ) 16:47, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete This artist does not appear to meet any of the criteria for notability, and especially the Music Bio ones mentioned by SuperMarioMan in the nomination.  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 16:58, 24 July 2015 (UTC)


 * thank you for your comments. If you actually research Black Hole Recordings and it's artists i.e the former number 1 DJ in the world Tiesto amongst its roster, many deem this as one of the major record labels within the dance music scene to release on. The article is purely factual and in no way set up as a "social media" type page for Davey. I have viewed several pages of his peers and i have stayed as close as possible to their formatting to try to avoid whatever issue it is you have. It seems more like a witch hunt and a form of cyber-bullying, than proper policing of the wikipedia articles. just my two cents. LloydWe are all made of stardust. (talk) 17:12, 24 July 2015 (UTC) --- Edit -- debut artist album coming spring 2016.
 * Unless I am misreading what I can find online, he has released one single through one of the Black Hole Recordings' companies, but he is not mentioned on either Rielism's website (search here) nor is he included on Black Hole's list of artists here. I might be missing it, but I see no evidence that any of his singles meet the criteria to make their artist notable, and he is yet to release his debut album, let alone one which meets the notability criteria. It should be noted that the article has created and mainly edited by a user called - presumably the artist himself - which is a conflict of interest. Wikipedia has strict notability criteria and at the moment, Davey Asprey does not meet that criteria. Regarding the statement "many deem this as one of the major record labels within the dance music scene"... could you please provide some reliable sources for this statement? No one here has suggested that it is not factual, or that this is a "social media" type page - we merely point out that at the moment, Davey does not meet the criteria for inclusion.  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 12:31, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 18:45, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 18:45, 24 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete. I have checked all of the cited references. Almost all of them are merely listings in which David Asprey's name is included, and the couple of exceptions are not independent sources. I have also made my own searches for information about him. I found his own web site, track listings, social network sites, download sites, YouTube, and so on and so on... Nothing anywhere suggests that he comes anywhere near satisfying Wikipedia's notability guidelines. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 19:04, 24 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete I've searched for sources but only found very brief mentions in DJ magazines here and here. Neither WP:ANYBIO nor WP:NMUSIC are met at this time. SmartSE (talk) 23:16, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

I've already asked for somebody to just delete it, so delete it and let's carry on with our lives, no? - lloyd


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