Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elan Atias


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The result was withdrawn by nominator. r ʨ anaɢ (talk) 20:28, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Elan Atias

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No demonstration of notability, no third-party sources provided (the only source present in an earlier version of the article was a myspace page). Google News search for me turned up nothing, Google Web just his own site, various lyrics pages, and YouTube videos. The references on Together as One, the article on one of his albums, does appear to have some reviews of that album, but that's all I've found. This particular article seems to try to puff up notability by mentioning his name alongside a lot of more famous people and making a big deal out of minor collaborations (for instance, as far as I can tell, only 1 of the 8 items listed in the Discography is actually his own album). r ʨ anaɢ (talk) 14:31, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'm rather baffled by this nomination. Elan Atias is a successful solo singer who has also been lead singer with The Wailers. He has had a #7 album on the Billboard Reggae chart, and he has had tracks featured in Sex and the City and the film 50 First Dates . There are plenty of sources found from a Google search, e.g. Allmusic bio, Allmusic review, PopMatters review, Billboard article, Billboard article, MTV, Perfil.com.--Michig (talk) 19:12, 17 May 2011 (UTC) + Vibe article.--Michig (talk) 19:16, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think you'd be "baffled" if you looked at the poor state of the article, which was what gave me the impression the person was not notable. Neverhtless, I stand corrected; I guess there were sources buried deeper than I looked in my Google search; the sources that you've provided are I think sufficient. Nevertheless, it would be nice if someone could re-write the article so it doesn't read so much like a promo piece; it looks like there are enough sources out there that this article doesn't need to just be a list of other famous people this individual has worked with. r ʨ anaɢ (talk) 20:28, 17 May 2011 (UTC)


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