Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Bad Seed (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   delete. CharlieEchoTango ( contact ) 06:50, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

The Bad Seed (rapper)

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Article fails to meet notability criteria; lack of multiple reliable sourcing. In one year since creation in 2010, no such sourcing has materialized. ScottyBerg (talk) 14:11, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 14:21, 10 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Black Kite (t)   00:47, 18 November 2011 (UTC)




 * Delete source 1-3 aren't independent. 4 & 6 don't mention the artist. 5 & 7 are trivial. The others are trivial. The wikilinks just circle back to the article so pointless. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 00:59, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete bad sourcing for some time. Alessandra Napolitano (talk) 04:13, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep album review in Rap Reviews, feature in YoRaps magazine . !votes so far seem to me to illustrate a misunderstanding of AFD, being as they are based on the article rather than the subject. 86.44.39.133 (talk) 05:28, 18 November 2011 (UTC) — 86.44.39.133 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Having looked at the article, not only do sources 4 & 6 mention the subject, paragraphs nine and ten of 4 are entirely about the subject... 86.44.39.133 (talk) 05:39, 18 November 2011 (UTC) — 86.44.39.133 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * comment thanks for pointing this out I was looking for "THE Bad Seed"- amending comment accordingly.Tigerboy1966 (talk) 11:05, 18 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - he hasn't done anything obviously notable per WP:GNG or WP:BAND, so the reliability of the sources matter here. Bearian (talk) 01:23, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * but you haven't addressed the sources. rap reviews is accepted as an RS throughout en.wikipedia. Cited by the International Herald Tribune, The Herald , founder interviewed on NPR . it's the only online review source recommended in Peter Shapiro's Rough Guide to Hip Hop, 2nd. ed., London: Rough Guides, 2005. ISBN 978-1843532637 (p. 403). Yo!Raps is a much newer, therefore weaker source - its About page lists industry testimonials but also has a clear staff listing; claims to be europe's biggest "urban" online magazine, has been cited by L'Express, Spex & the London Free Press. hiphopdx is cited by the Boston Globe, LA Times, MTV, The Sunday Times ("respected site HipHopDX"), cited by NPR for its part in debunking an LA Times investigation, senior editor featured on NPR. Contributors have covered hip hop for outlets like the Washington Post and NPR. 86.44.31.213 (talk) 04:01, 30 November 2011 (UTC) — 86.44.31.213 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:32, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment Have looked through sources again. 1,2,3,6, & 7 simply prove that he exists and makes records. 5 has one sentence noting that he is "doing his thing". 6 says that MIMS likes working with him, and that he is an "incredible lyricist" but also that he is a "really good friend" which is a COI problem. There really isn't enough here. If the subject is notable, there should be much more. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 15:50, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
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