Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Javier Pérez Garrido


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The result was delete. North America1000 05:54, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Javier Pérez Garrido

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This article - which has been around for quite a long time - is about someone purporting to be a composer and clarinetist. The article cites no sources, and was written entirely by a user called User:William952, whose entire oevre in Wikipedia is this article, and edits of other articles inserting information about this purported composer. A google search for the composer reveals a good reason that no sources are cited - there simply are none. No reviews, no articles, no published works. The many awards that this composer has purportedly won, if they exist, are a well-protected secret, as there is no reference to them anywhere other than in this article.

Perhaps I am being generous in proposing this article for deletion. Perhaps it deserves speedy delete. --Ravpapa (talk) 14:28, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. Strictly speaking, the article does at least cite some external links—all of which appear to be self-published by the subject of the article, making them unreliable at best. The fact that none of these are actually cited in the article only compounds the problem. I had not attempted to track down any of the awards mentioned, and am a little startled (but on reflection not wholly surprised) to hear that they appear to be fictions. The case for deletion seems overwhelming, though I think it is fair to give the creator the opportunity to demonstrate the notability of the subject.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 15:57, 21 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete At the very start of a career, which may become significant eventually, but isn't now. Fails the general criteria at Notability (people) and the alternative criteria at WP:MUSICBIO. The venues where his compositions have been premiered are not leading concert venues, and I cannot find any reviews of these premieres to verify the claims. Ditto the orchestras he's played for, minor local ones and youth orchestras/bands. I checked out two of the "awards". This page on "The Global Music Awards" website is quite revealing. They're basically for sale. His article states that he "Won", but that means he was one of the 60 people awarded "Gold Medals" that year. The "Bronze Medal" which he received for a different category simply signifies "Finalist" and was awarded to 70 people that year. (New sets of "winners" are announced every three months.) As for being nominated for the "Hollywood Music in Media Awards" (which looks like a similar outfit to "The Global Music Awards" ), he was one of 40 "Nominees" in that genre alone. These awards are meaningless, but true to the promises of the organizations bestowing them, the entrants do get a guaranteed press release out of it. The article was speedy deleted from the Spanish Wikipedia 18 months ago for advertising/copyvio . Voceditenore (talk) 17:31, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I found the awards through these two press release-based articles (La Opinión de Murcia) and  (Europa Press). Voceditenore (talk) 08:02, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. /wiae  /tlk  04:15, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions. /wiae  /tlk  04:15, 23 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete per Voceditenore. Sound analysis of the situation, and the fact that this was deleted in the Spanish WP only adds to the rationale behind deleting this here as well.-- MarshalN20 T al k 17:28, 29 March 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.