Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Esser (musician)


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The result was keep.  Sandstein  18:06, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Esser (musician)

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May not meet WP:NSINGER Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 19:02, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
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 * Keep as has coverage in multiple reliable sources such as The Guardian piece in the article and he also has a bio on AllMusic here. Will look for more coverage tomorrow but he does seem notable, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 22:05, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
 * , he doesn't seem to have much coverage beyond the 3 articles on the page.  And one of the articles is an interview.  WP:NSINGER says " multiple, non-trivial, published works" and so far there's only 1 reliable article from The Guardian. --<i style="font-family:'Rock salt','Comic Sans MS'; color: Green;">Tyw7</i> (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 02:01, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * AllMusic is a reliable source as per WikiProject Albums/Sources so thats two, will look for more later Atlantic306 (talk) 12:40, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Weak delete: this is a tough one as there are certainly a couple of reliable sources in the article, and in addition I should be standing up for someone from my home county. There was certainly a bit of a buzz around this guy when the SPA who created this article wrote it ten years ago, as evidence by the sources. And he was signed to a notable independent label, who have Pulled Apart by Horses, Young Knives and most notably Foals on their books. But Esser's album tanked, and since then he has only released two further singles, with the last one a low-key MP3 release from five years ago, and there's no sign he's been active since then – even his Soundcloud account has had nothing new posted to it since the 2012 single. It may still be WP:TOOSOON, but equally it might be that his time has been and gone, and apart from the AllMusic biography and a couple of now-outdated "next big thing" articles there will never be any more sources. Richard3120 (talk) 14:16, 17 May 2019 (UTC) Keep: striking previous vote based on coverage found below by Atlantic306. Richard3120 (talk) 21:59, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Once notable always notable, if his career nosedived that does not take away from the earlier coverage he received. For example his album Braveface received at least eight critics reviews listed at Metacritic here including reliable sources such as Mojo, Pop Matters, QMagazine, New Musical Express, and Pitchfork so he does have significant coverage Atlantic306 (talk) 21:47, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'd agree, I just hadn't found coverage of things he'd actually done, rather than coverage of things he was supposedly going to do as the next big thing. But that coverage of his album has made me change my mind, so thank you. Richard3120 (talk) 21:59, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, T. Canens (talk) 00:20, 24 May 2019 (UTC) <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 06:31, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Seems like just enough references to establish GNG  Lubbad85   (<b style="color:#060">☎</b>) 22:22, 4 June 2019 (UTC)


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