Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Erwin Khachikian


 * 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. Spartaz Humbug! 06:19, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Erwin Khachikian

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Article which only serves to promote its subject ("The past 15 years have been a blessed musical journey for Erwin"; "It is Erwin's musical versatility coupled with his intense passion that has made him a unsurpassed musician, manager and producer ... we definitely have much more to see and hear of Erwin Khachikian"). There is nothing to salvage here because it is almost totally unreferenced. WP:G11 applies: " in its current form it serves only to promote or publicise an entity, person, product, or idea, and would require a fundamental rewrite in order to become encyclopedic". (Formerly speedy tagged; removed by an IP, independently (re)tagged but that second tag was technically invalid; hence AfD.) Dorsetonian (talk) 19:53, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I believe this article worth keeping. Erwin Khachikian is a respected and well-known musician in western rock music and the Iranian-American music world. But the article needs more independent sources to have a Wikipedia-level of neutral tone. --Sina (talk) 20:08, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  20:35, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  20:36, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Armenia-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  20:36, 29 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Note to closer for soft deletion:? This nomination has had limited participation and falls within the standards set for lack of quorum. There are no previous AfD discussions, undeletions, or current redirects and no previous PRODs have been located. This nomination may be eligible for soft deletion at the end of its 7-day listing. --Cewbot (talk) 00:02, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete - my issue with this article is that there do not appear to be any reliable secondary sources that explore him in depth. His notability is WP:NOTINHERITED by the fact that Serj Tankian is notable. There might be some coverage in Armenian but someone with more expertise in Armenian would have to help us there. The article is promotional and full of original research. Spiderone  17:40, 7 October 2020 (UTC)


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