Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RAKITHA Welangoda


 * 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. Geschichte (talk) 08:56, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

RAKITHA Welangoda

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This article is not eligible for WP:CSD, as it makes a claim to significance ("[...] is an famous Srilankan singer,music producer ,audio engineer and songwriter.He is infamous for his two materpieces [...]". I performed a WP:BEFORE search and found no significant coverage of this person. Neither a news search, nor a Google search, brought up anything to suggest notability. jp×g 11:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. jp×g 11:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. jp×g 11:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:GNG and WP:NMUSICIAN just self promotion. Theroadislong (talk) 11:16, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete - same reasoning as Theroadislong above.--Gronk Oz (talk) 11:29, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete - fails WP:MUSICBIO - this has failed numerous times at AfC and the moved to the mainspace anyway by the article's creator. Dan arndt (talk) 11:33, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - pure vanity spam Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:51, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - I'd love to see this deleted because it was written by someone who doesn't know how to user proper CAPITALIZATION, but more seriously, the musician is not notable no matter what the article says. Only visible in the standard streaming and social media services. Fails music notability and doesn't get an article just because he exists. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) 15:05, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete - WP:A7 still applies if the claim of notability is not credible or the claim is false, and this claim is both non-credible and false. It is repeatedly created by a user with a close relationship with the subject (see the deletion log for Rakitha Welangoda in addition to repeated draft attempts), that is generally spammy and anyone who even begins to look into it quickly discovers there's no supporting reliable sources.  The article creator has claimed in other talk pages (some now deleted) that this musician is beloved by everyone in their country - well, one would expect some reliable coverage of that then. Singularity42 (talk) 17:21, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, when you see goofy capitalization in the article title, that is often a sign of someone trying to evade a previous deletion for non-notability. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) 14:53, 5 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Comment. The author of the article has just been blocked for two weeks for spamming. Just before their block, they wrote the following on the article talk page (which I'm interpreting as a Keep !vote): hey you can check youtube and other medias as well he is truly a great artist. Obviously not enough, but out of fairness to the now-blocked user, I thought I would include that here.  I've indicated on their talk page that if they list any reliable sources there (other than YouTube, streaming services, or listings on music purchase sites) and I'll do my best to include them here. Singularity42 (talk) 17:48, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete I'm not sure why this wouldn't be CSD eligible but clearly this is just promotional spam along with being non-notable. JayJayWhat did I do? 02:50, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - Clearly just self-promotion spam. Pecors (talk) 18:45, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete - Please get rid of this promotional garbage. Damien Linnane (talk) 12:23, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete: Only one source, which is not reliable and nowhere near enough to prove nobility. As others have mentioned it fails WP:GNG and WP:MUSICBIO, and almost certainly qualifies for CSD. Obvious self-promotion. bop34 • talk • contribs 03:18, 11 January 2022 (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.