Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James A. Ball


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The result was delete. Michig (talk) 20:25, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

James A. Ball

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Article claims all kinds of notability, however both a Google search for "James A. Hall producer" and all of the given references except the list at allmusic.com don't turn up anything. Possibly a hoax or simply NN Travelbird (talk) 14:25, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. I did a search and other than the links in the article, there is simply no mention of this guy to back up what the article says. That means that just as Travelbird says, this guy is either non-notable or he doesn't exist. It doesn't help that the article is also fairly promotionally written with phrases such as "accomplished music professional who participated in the making of some of the most memorable music of our time". I just find it hard to believe that a person who has won gold and platinum records has received no in-depth or reliable coverage for himself, so I'm leaning towards this being a hoax or at least one person fudging their impact in the music scene.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 15:02, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - Non-notable based on lack of reliable, independent sources. Two of the sources in the article are other wikis and the other two are insufficient for the claims made in the article. - MrX 15:28, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * STRONG Delete Probably a WP:HOAX, or at the very least some out of control puffery. Not to mention that fake citations are not tolerated on Wikipedia. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 20:50, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:57, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:57, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
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