Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TaharQa and Tunde Ra Aleem


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The result was userfy. The article has been userfied to User:Corowitz/TaharQa and Tunde Ra Aleem. North America1000 06:14, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

TaharQa and Tunde Ra Aleem

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Unable to locate reliable sources for the subjects. Does not seem to meet Notability (music). Bsherr (talk) 06:21, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
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 * leaning DELETE. WP:NOTMEMORIAL.  Claim to fame is their relationship with  Jimi Hendricks "Hendrix recorded the songs with his friends Taharqa and Tunde Ra Aleem, twin brothers then known as Albert and Arthur Allen, R&B artists who sang backing vocals on many of his albums. They met in the early 1960s when Hendrix was touring in a backing band. The three shared a flat in Park West Village in Manhattan for a year." (Hendrix's missing Mojo found and licked into shape [Edition 2] Kenber, Billy. The Times; London (UK) [London (UK)]03 Dec 2011: 25. ).  Proquest news archive, paywalled .  Article is about a postumous album that includes a song written by the Allen brothers, "Mojo Man." I added an article about the somg and album the Baltimore Afro-American to the page.  Tehre's also a 2016 article in the Amsterdam News that mentions them (The original Black Panther Party-the Fair Play Committee celebrates 50 years Anonymous. New York Amsterdam News; New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]10 Nov 2016: 36.), and an obit (Celebrating the physical life of Tunde' Ra Aleem Anonymous. New York Amsterdam News; New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]11 Sep 2014: 45. ).  But not much else. I've searched under both names. I'm just not seeing  notability.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:57, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I was able to find sources from the NY Post, Daily Mail, Red Bull Radio and so forth. They go by many names. They easily meet the Wikipedia requirements for notability because they released two albums on Atlantic Records and have been credited on multiple platinum and gold Jimi Hendrix records. They have been in two movies and are featured in numerous Jimi Hendrix bios. I also was able to link several Jimi Hendrix albums where the Aleems were credited as background singers. Many of these albums went Gold and Platinum. Corowitz
 * I appreciate the improvements. I think I'd be willing to withdraw the nomination at this point. I would suggest that the article be updated to include their ensemble name in the lede, additional to the other issues identified in the cleanup templates. I would need E.M.Gregory to agree, though. --Bsherr (talk) 15:39, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I can go along with that, or perhaps USERFY. I  do appreciate the efforts being made to source this, despite the difficulties of mid-career name changes.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:52, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Multiple comments but no !votes.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ifnord (talk) 19:33, 6 January 2019 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jovanmilic97 (talk) 21:42, 13 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Dratify needs to be rewritten in the userspace.Mgbo120 (talk) 19:15, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Draftify or delete. I took a close look, and am not persuaded of notability, although it is possible that a diligent and careful editor might be able to establish that notability exists. What is clear is that the article is a MEMORIAL  ESSAY with a great deal of text unsupported by sources.   E.M.Gregory (talk) 00:35, 21 January 2019 (UTC)


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