Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ritch Esra


 * 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. ✗ plicit  13:00, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Ritch Esra

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No coverage. Refs are profiles and passing mentions. Fails sigcov and blpprimary.  scope_creep Talk  16:15, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:29, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment An editor in good standing is updating the article, so it is worth looking at the references. This is the first 16 references:
 * Ref 1. Newspaper article.
 * Ref 2. Academic article. States of Esra Ritch Esra, former A&R director at Arista Records. Passing mention.
 * Ref 3. Gavin Report. It is an event listing page and is non-RS.
 * Ref 4. Billboard page. It states: Inside A&R: The Heartbeat of the Record Company, Ritch Esra, artist consultant, author. Passing mention.
 * Ref 5. Ritch Esra This is a profile, likely written by himself, as seems to be the case now.
 * Ref 6. Man who discovered Kiss It is a link to an interview on youtube at and has been watched by 1636 people. Primary references.
 * Ref 7. Music Connection's April 2013 Issue by Music Connection - Issuu . It stated “We want MUBUTV to be the trusted source to help break the next generation of artists,” says Ritch Esra, one of the co-founders of MUBUTV. Passing mention.
 * Ref 8 A&R Think Tank: New Realities of Finding New Recording Artists Press-release.

There is not a single reference here, apart from the first one that I can't view, that constitutes a real secondary sources. They are passing mentions, profiles, non-rs links, press-releases. The next block is more of the same so I'm not doing it. It fails WP:ANYBIO, WP:BIO, WP:SIGCOV. The guy is simply non-notable.  scope_creep Talk  10:26, 2 January 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Bobherry  Talk   Edits  03:25, 8 January 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  04:56, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment: the article is currently in a WP:REFBOMBed state. Geschichte (talk) 18:35, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete. The dude has a job.  When part of your job is to publicize things, it's inevitable that you will be passingly mentioned in a bunch of places, but this does not amount to substantial coverage in secondary sources.  Nothing on this page is any different from anyone else who has the job, and wikipedia isn't one's resume.  FalconK (talk) 08:02, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and discussion above. Oaktree b (talk) 02:43, 19 January 2022 (UTC)


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