Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lethal bizzle

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The result of the debate was keep. Some longstanding editors have made an excellent case for keep, and I have disregarded the votes that are based on appeals to supposed lack of notability as misguided. A few minutes on Google shows that this British performer has had at least one hit single (entered Christmas/New Year 2005 chart at #11, the second highest new entry that week) and was one of the very few black British performers to appear at Live8, Edinburgh. Please be careful when making VfD votes to delete, that your vote is not based solely on your personal ignorance --Tony Sidaway Talk 07:17, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Lethal bizzle
No assertion of meeting WP:MUSIC. allmusic has nothing on him. Best quote from the article is "He is expected to be the next best thing but he is not quite there. " Delete Friday 01:35, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP is not a crystal ball, nor is it a forum for advertisement. Binadot 01:59, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn rapper vanity. Fails WP:MUSIC guidelines. JamesBurns 08:56, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Binadot --malathion talk 11:52, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless proven to meet WP:MUSIC.-Poli (talk &bull; contribs) 14:01, 2005 July 21 (UTC)
 * Delete, though the picture makes him look quite official. ;) Thorns Among Our Leaves 16:53, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't Delete, Lethal Bizzle was featured on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.) and Much Music (the Canadian version of MTV). See their webpages. I think that falls under WP: Music (4), though I guess you can debate whether it was featured prominently or not. Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.72.142.59 (talk • contribs) 2005-07-22 22:33:34 UTC
 * Delete Fo shizzle. Klonimus 02:49, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and Expand Featured on the iTunes UK homepage today with an iTMS-exclusive remix, and there's a decent Google result with a delimited search. If someone can spend the time to do a shade of research and make it WP:MUSIC-conformed, why can't it be notable and keep-able? &mdash;Neuropedia 08:15, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and Expand Lethal Bizzle is a major part of the UK Garage scene. His single Pow (Forward) was in the UK charts and was a major hit on the underground. He meets at least 3 of the 7 criteria stated on the WP:MUSIC page. Saying that the article is poorly written and needs to be expanded to reflect those things I've stated --Diddy Didds 11:29, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete : NN/Vanity. --Ragib 03:17, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and Expand He is a major player in UK underground garage scene, recently appeared on Radio 1 rap show with Tim Westwood. --Peteyboo
 * Weak keep - a search of the BBC indeed shows he's mentioned a moderate number of times, as does a general google. So I don't think this is the usual garage band self publicity, and I'm inclined to give it the benefit of the doubt.  If nothing comes of it, wait a couple of months and merge in to Failed rappers who are back working at McDonalds. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 23:04, July 29, 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.