Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dj Disco Wiz


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The result was deleted by Manning Bartlett. MER-C 05:58, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Dj Disco Wiz

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Rescued from speedy. WP:COI claimed, though that is not a speedy candidate and the author disputes COI. Also claims G4, but references have been added, so not the same article anymore. You can see the main reference for yourself here, it's based on an interview. Neutral. ColourBurst 07:41, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete - The person this article is about, admitted on my and another user's talkpages that he "felt that I should have my own page" and threatened a lawsuit against me and others (please see User talk:Ronbo76, item 47. This page had been previously deleted and a sockpuppet case opened. Ronbo76 07:51, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Recommend caution over sources; Neutral for now The article's main claims to encyclopedic notability - that DJ Disco Wiz was the first Latino hiphop DJ and that he was the first DJ to create a "mixed plate" - these both rely on references to the book Yes Yes Y'All: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip Hop's First Decade. While this book in itself appears to be a legit academic work, it is primarily an oral history. So the claim that DJ Disco Wiz was the first Latino hiphop DJ of any significance comes from an interview with DJ Disco Wiz where he himself makes the claim(see p128 of the book). The same goes for the claims about being the first the mixed plate (p129). We do not know if the authors were able to verify (or even made the attempt to) these oral history claims by Wiz himself. I would note that on the DJ summary list at the front of the book (page 4), another chap named "Charlie Chase" is called the "one of the first Latino hiphop DJs" while Disco Wiz is merely described as a "Latino DJ" (no "first" or "early" etc). Bwithh 08:31, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - Here is the sockpuppet case Suspected sock puppets/DJDWIZ. Ronbo76 08:47, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: Based on a line from the article, "He was also instrumental in the making of Jim Fricke and Charlie Ahearn’s rendition of the early years of hip-hop entitled Yes, Yes Y’all", I'm uncertain if this source is actually independant of the article's subject. Serpent&#39;s Choice 11:56, 9 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - no evidence from reliable sources that WP:MUSIC is met. Autobiography. MER-C 12:03, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak delete for now, as per info from Bwithh. Would like to see more sources, as I have my doubts that he meets the notability requirements. Bjelleklang -  talk  Bug Me  13:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete This article has already been deleted 3 times. The person behind it has created multiple accounts not only to recreate this article, but to back himself up in discussions. The behavior of the writer aside, this does not meet the notability requirements. If this article is deleted, I would strongly suggest protecting it from re-creation, as well as variants of its name (like "dj disco wiz" or "DJ DISCO WIZ") as this person seems determined to have an article about himself. GhostPirate 17:05, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per GhostPirate if the sock puppet charges are valid SUBWAYguy 17:26, 9 January 2007 (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.