Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Scala


 * 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. Not a lot of participation in this AfD, but enough to call a consensus to delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:25, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Mike Scala

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Overly promotional lovefest for unsuccessful politician. Ran in the Democratic primaries 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, being beaten by the incumbent. This hagiography has a bombarded of sources but they are for the most part no good for notability. Most of the sources covering the election are about the election itself, not Scala. The often do not mention him or only do so in passing. There are no independent reliable sources that cover him in any depth. Article also has a large section on his hip hop career but the sources there are similarly no good. Shops, blogs, passing mentions, his own site, no mention of him, dead, primary, about his band. This is a deceptively sourced bloated puff piece that needs to be deleted. duffbeerforme (talk) 07:31, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - This is an article mainly about a musician, not a politician. He's released multiple notable albums, performed at notable locations with notable musicians, and the article has plenty of references and sources. I agree the article is written very promotionally, but that can be fixed without deleting the article.  CatcherStorm  talk   08:32, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Has plenty of sources but are any good? What notable albums? Notability is not inherited from those he worked with. Article has two parts. musician and politician. Only the politician part has independent reliable sources so that's the part I went lead on. duffbeerforme (talk) 07:20, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete non-notable as a politician, a lawyer or a musician.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:43, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger One ping only 09:08, 28 December 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 06:50, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Musicians-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 17:44, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 17:44, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 17:44, 6 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete and draft userfy as the listed sources are not yet currently convincing for a better article. SwisterTwister   talk  05:40, 7 January 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.