Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Promise (rapper)


 * 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   keep. (also withdrawn) (non-admin closure) — Theo polisme  23:31, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Promise (rapper)

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Article on this rapper has been around for over five years but he still doesn't seem to have as much notability as the article claims. After I deleted an entire section as a copyvio, I did some Googling and discovered that he was never actually nominated for any of the awards claimed in the article. In addition, he has never charted; in fact, neither Billboard nor Allmusic even have entries for him (these don't appear to be the same people: ).  Erpert  Who is this guy? 10:03, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  Erpert  Who is this guy? 10:08, 26 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete not notable. failsWP:BIO Take away the bogus info and this person is completely unknown. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 21:15, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep He may not be as famous as the article claims, but he has certainly been in enough Canadian media to meet the GNG: The Star, Metro (note: Metro is a daily by the same company as The Star, and uses the same sources.), Exclaim. Also radio airplay, appears in the game NBA 2K11, and two Covenant Awards.  He passes.  Not on Allmusic?  How about the CBC?   Th e S te ve   04:08, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The first two sources seem to be trivial mentions. And the CBC source comes off like anyone could have written that. Also, I did see mention of the Covenant Award wins in the article, but as I mentioned before, I Googled extensively and couldn't find any proof of even a nomination for such awards.  Erpert  Who is this guy? 19:26, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The headline in the Toronto Star is "Hip hop hope: Police and Promise release song" (emphasis mine) How on Earth did you manage to call that a trivial mention??   Th e S te ve   06:19, 29 November 2012 (UTC)


 * BTW, your CBC wikilink goes to a disambiguation page; what exactly are you referring to?  Erpert  Who is this guy? 19:28, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Covenant awards list is here. CBC is here, and the point is that he has a bio with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, not who wrote it.  Its not a blog, there is NO user-submitted content, its the public broadcasting station of Canada, and if your bio is there, I'm pretty sure you've appeared on a CBC radio station.  When the oldest broadcasting network in Canada notices you, its a slightly bigger deal than Allmusic...   Th e S te ve   05:53, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I withdraw my nomination.  Erpert  Who is this guy? 09:31, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
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