Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/My Name Is Kay


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The result was   nomination withdrawn due to sourcing improvements. Bearcat (talk) 16:02, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

My Name Is Kay

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Musician of uncertain notability, who's had one very minor semi-hit single and has yet to release an actual album. Furthermore, the only reliable source cited here is a single article in her hometown newspaper, with no evidence provided that she's yet garnered any other media attention that would constitute substantial coverage. (If we allowed every musician who's ever had one article written about them in the local newspaper, we'd have an article on almost every musician on earth. But we don't.) Everything else in this article is cited to invalid sources such as YouTube videos, her own webpage and her one single's page at a digital music store. As always, I'm more than willing to withdraw this nomination if someone can Heymann it up to a reasonable standard, and it's certainly true that with an album forthcoming on a major label she is likely to pass our notability rules in the future — but as currently written, this article ain't there yet and needs to be deleted if it can't yet be significantly improved (obviously without prejudice against recreation if and when she starts getting wider coverage.) Bearcat (talk) 00:14, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 00:20, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. &#9733;&#9734;  DUCK IS JAMMMY &#9734;&#9733; 01:44, 12 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep, charting at #63 on the Canadian Hot 100, a major chart, is sufficient to meet WP:BAND. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 03:41, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually, WP:BAND explicitly states that meeting any of these criteria does not mean that an article must be kept — if it can't be properly referenced to reliable sources, it can still be deleted even if the artist technically meets all of the other criteria. And as I've already noted, there's not a single source here that even comes close to satisfying the requirement that a claim of notability has to be properly sourced to be valid. Bearcat (talk) 03:59, 12 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I added a reference verifying the Cobra Starship collaboration, another assertation of notability. Her career is still brand new, so between the charting single and collaboration with another artist, it might be better to hold off for now. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 04:03, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, hey, hey. I said right in my initial rationale that I'd happily withdraw the nomination if quality sources show up — but I'm not going to "hold off" on anything until that actually happens. We're not after confirmation of mere existence here, but confirmation that she's received substantial coverage in reliable sources — and that requirement hasn't been satisfied just because you can add one very short blog entry which mentions her name in passing exactly once, when the article, as written, is still otherwise sourced almost entirely to YouTube videos. After all, an AFD deletion would not mean that she can never have an article — it would mean that this iteration of the article isn't properly sourced enough to stick around, but a new version which cited stronger sources would still be permissible at a later date. Bearcat (talk) 04:12, 12 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep per coverage in multiple reliable sources including the Prince George Free Press, the Cape Breton Post, AOL Music Canada, and CBC News, in addition to the charting. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 23:05, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Now that's more like it. As promised, nomination withdrawn. Bearcat (talk) 16:02, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
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