Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jaya world


 * 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. Cirt (talk) 03:05, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Jaya world

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New singer with debut single, signed to Universal Records. Declined the speedy as it asserts notability. Search for subject did not turn up significant 3rd party coverage. However, search for subject plus name of debut album did produce hits that are either significant or part of viral marketing. I need the community to look at this, as while I'm happy to decline the speedy, I'm not convinced of notability. Cheers, and happy editing. Dloh  cierekim  20:53, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Understand your reasoning, but surely Wikipedia should allow for smaller artists, not just notable one's? Could you provide a link to why this needs to be the case? Just for the record I have no vested interest in this artist, but similar things have happened before with artists pages being deleted that I have tried to create, due to insignificant notoriety, I thought wikipedia was a platform for everyone to contribute knowledge / topics etc...so rather confused why there needs to be significant 3rd party coverage of this? (Khanrob (talk) 21:28, 25 February 2010 (UTC)).
 * Comment The applicable guideline, Khanrob, is WP:MUSIC. Articles about musicians must demonstrate that the musician meets the standards of notability established by that guideline -- specifically that the musician has achieved something of note that has been covered in major media.
 * The problem with this artist is that her name is so generic. (The artist's name is JAYA; Jaya World is the name of her website.)  A search for JAYA turns up too many unrelated results.  However, her own web page has links to some coverage in the media that might be considered significant; I'll leave that assessment to others, as I'm not familiar enough with the British press to assess the significance of these publications.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 21:43, 25 February 2010 (UTC)


 * @Khanrob-- partly true, however, as an encyclopedia, subjects should be notable. Think of any other encyclopedia-- has the subject risen to the level that a print encyclopedia (including specialized ones) would have included them? Cheers,  Dloh  cierekim  22:10, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JohnCD (talk) 23:00, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:08, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete For Now. She is signed to Universal Music, the world's largest music label.  However, her first release isn't for a few more days.  Perhaps she will achieve notability then, but not yet.  Jim Heaphy (talk) 06:14, 5 March 2010 (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.