Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hussain Jiffry


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The result was keep.  Sandstein  21:58, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Hussain Jiffry

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Fails WP:NMUSICIAN, only claim appears to be that he was the bass player on a Grammy award winning album. Dan arndt (talk) 09:18, 21 January 2018 (UTC) Dan arndt (talk) 09:18, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Question. This musician clearly took home a statue as that is what the source in the article reported and the official Grammys website lists him as part of the album that won. Is it still not considered having "won" a Grammy because it didn't go to him personally? 331dot (talk) 10:10, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * If the Mormon Tabernacle Choir won a Best Album Grammy, would that confer individual notability on all 360 of its members? Largoplazo (talk) 11:25, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think they would give out 360 statues. But I do wonder if the Sri Lankan media assumed this man "won" a Grammy when it was his group. 331dot (talk) 17:09, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment - it wasn't actually his [Jiffry's] group but it was Herb Alpert who assembled the musicians to play on his [Alpert]'s album. Dan arndt (talk) 03:06, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Dan Arndt, for that clarification. So the source in the article seems to be hyping this up. I would then conclude that this article should be a redirect to the album's article. 331dot (talk) 09:56, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 15:41, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 15:41, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 15:41, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: what sources exist and do they meet RS/GNG?
 * Weak keep The Grammy accomplishment is someone else's but it is not uncommon to give credit--if not the statue and glory--to session men/contributors, which is the case here. It's a pretty feeble claim for encyclopedic importance, yet his association with this award did garner some quasi-descent coverage in the Sri Lankan community, albeit of the "local-hero-makes-good" variety. Otherwise, a few weak independent industry sources that by themselves aren't enough, but combined with the local press just barely puts this one over the top for me. ShelbyMarion (talk) 18:40, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Google News shows multiple significant coverage to enable the expansion of the article, passes WP:GNG Atlantic306 (talk) 18:25, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz Humbug! 10:15, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per guidelines and Atlantic306. FloridaArmy (talk) 16:31, 29 January 2018 (UTC)


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