Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pure Essence


 * 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   redirect to L.A. Reid, moderately plausible search term. Keeper |  76  01:43, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Pure Essence

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PROD was contested, but article cites no independent reliable sources and notability issue (tagged long since) has not been addressed. Reads as a directory entry, and most of the claims to significance rely on redlinked acts. Guy (Help!) 22:59, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ohio-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:45, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:46, 8 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. The band is not notable - there are very few, if any, serious reviews available and no media coverage to speak of. Wikipeterproject (talk) 02:40, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. It appears this group retooled and eventually morphed into The Deele. This is mentioned on the L.A. Reid page but not on the Deele page, so maybe some of this article's information can be incorporated there using sources like these . (Edit: I see that the Deele's page does note that "Reid, Roberson, and Tucker were members of a previous Cincinnati-based band, Pure Essence and they later formed The Deele along with Bristol, Greene, and Burke" and there's no real need to merge anything there from the Essence article) A standalone article on Pure Essence does not seem warranted as I'm only seeing brief mentions within articles about Reid.  Gong   show  22:21, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not knowledgeable on the subject, but I think you are mistaken. This suggests that L.A.Reid joined The Deele after he left Pure Essence. (Edit: It turns out that that source is most likely a copyvio of Wikipedia, as it appears to quote several Wikipedia articles without giving attribution) . &mdash;gorgan_almighty (talk) 18:46, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * That's quite possible. BTW, and FWIW, that book appears to be made up entirely of Wikipedia articles. I was going mostly by this, which states that Essence "later became The Deele". In any event, since virtually all sources identified here mention (Pure) Essence only within articles that focus on Reid anyway, his page would be the more optimal target.  Gong   show  20:12, 10 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete or redirect to L.A. Reid. Appears to be a small-time band of which notable songwriter and record producer L.A.Reid was once a member. Of course notability is not inherited. Although there are many third-party sources that mention the band, the mentions are mostly in reference to L.A.Reid's past career and none of them cover the band in detail or as a primary subject. The band's entire contribution seems to be summed up in this statement : "[Pure Essence] released one solitary 45 in the middle 1970's as well as garnering an appearance on local rock radio station WEBN's annual LP compilation, this time as Essence" (Edit: Note that as stated above, that source is not valid, but the quote itself still seems to be true) . Note that the L.A. Reid article is currently under-going a copyright violation investigation, so redirecting the article might not be appropriate until that issue is resolved (Edit: Issue now resolved) . &mdash;gorgan_almighty (talk) 19:07, 10 March 2013 (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.