Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Berry (American musician)


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The result was speedy deleted per WP:G7 (author requested deletion). (non-admin closure) ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 12:27, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

David Berry (American musician)

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No evidence this guy meets WP:NMUSICIAN, it's a heaping pile of promo and sourced to interviews and hyper local sources and in fact all the claims of significance (ie. "eclectic and talented artist") come from interviews and puff pieces and otherwise unreliable sources. Praxidicae (talk) 16:40, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Promo language needs to be removed, but it looks like this guy is locally notable as can be seen from the sources cited. Not WP:GARAGEBAND and has been around for some time. In the gray zone for notability, so definitely not a strong keep either. &mdash; Stevey7788 (talk) 16:47, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Locally notable? Says who? The toledo paper pieces are solicited by the people they write about, scroll down to the bottom where they state this. Praxidicae (talk) 16:49, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:13, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
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 * Response. Thank you all for taking the time to look at my article and for your constructive input. While I don't know how to respond to the terms 'puff piece' and 'heaping pile', I can say that since this is my first article, I only ask for constructive help in improving my writing and sourcing skills though this article and any others I might write in the future. I've removed any text that may be construed as 'promo'. I've removed the reference and article text from the Toledo Blade article that I now see did not meet Wiki's criteria. Thank you for that. I tried to include articles from as wide array of sources and geographic areas as possible for this artist. In this case, London, England, Toledo, Ohio, and Sarasota, Florida. In my opinion, 4500 miles would not qualify as 'hyper local'. In fact, the review in 'PROG' magazine, a well respected and long established publication out of the UK, wasn't either a 'puff piece' or a 'heaping pile' - in fact, the article clearly states, in their opinion, that this guy's voice is 'weak' but with harmonies 'it works'. Thanks again for all your input. - Kkb1960 (talk) 20:15, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * The only piece in here that could be considered decent coverage is this review. The rest are: a hyper local paper/blog and an interview so not independent coverage, a piece which makes not a single mention of the subject, not remotely a useful or valid source to establish notability, a student paper with a passing mention/listing, not even remotely about the subject, it's about his son, it's hyper local, an interview, press release. None of these do anything to support the article in any form, notability or otherwise. I'd also ask what your affiliation to Berry given there's a fair amount of information in this article unsupported by sources. Praxidicae (talk) 20:29, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks again for your constructive criticism. I am not affiliated other than a fan of his music. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kkb1960 (talk • contribs) 20:56, 21 March 2019 (UTC)


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