Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oliver Morgan


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The result was keep. -- Patar knight - chat/contributions 05:51, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Oliver Morgan

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Does not appear to meet the criteria for WP:NSINGER. – DarkGlow (contribs • talk) 21:22, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. – DarkGlow (contribs • talk) 21:22, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. – DarkGlow (contribs • talk) 21:22, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. – DarkGlow (contribs • talk) 21:22, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Keep I added refs. The hit single was released in 1963; we are unlikely to find chart numbers via Google, but they can likely be found via Newsbank or an archival source. Allmusic refers to him as a "New Orleans institution and "genre-defining" in his biography. In addition to an AP obit, his death was covered by the major dailies, weeklies, and monthlies in New Orleans and Baton Rouge; that would not be the case if he were not notable. (The obits are exclusively about Oliver, FWIW.) JSFarman (talk) 22:47, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - He has an AllMusic bio and review, an AP obit, and possibly some New Orleans obits. Covered in Up From the Cradle of Jazz.  Mentions in Billboard and books on Jazz Fest/New Orleans. Perhaps a case where many smaller mentions add up... Caro7200 (talk) 22:20, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment He purportedly had a national hit (Who Shot the La La) in 1964, which is referenced in the numerous tangential mentions/obits to be found. If we can find reliable charts to back it up it should be a natural keep. Otherwise, probably not. ShelbyMarion (talk) 21:19, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete The article is a straight up copyright violation. (https://www.facebook.com/honoringlegends/posts/10160322210705483?comment_id=10160322997245483)  Tagged. JSFarman (talk) 01:09, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Look at the dates of the Facebook post and the creation of the Wikipedia article. In which direction do they show the copying to have been? Phil Bridger (talk) 10:07, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the Facebook post copied from the Wikipedia page. Every edit from after 6 May 2018 (the date of the post) is just general cleanup edits. – DarkGlow (contribs • talk) 10:25, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Wow. Of course. Apologies all around.  I assumed that the Facebook post was based on content pulled from The National R&B Society but I should have checked - the National R&B Society is not exactly a thriving organization of musicologists or a hotbed of expertise.  (Their website is here: here.  JSFarman (talk) 16:25, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep as has significant coverage in multiple reliable sources such as AllMusic, New Orleans regional news coverage and jazz music sources so that WP:GNG is passed and deletion is unnecessary in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 02:21, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep following the improvements by JSFarman, enough coverage to meet WP:SINGER.-KH-1 (talk) 08:14, 17 February 2021 (UTC)


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