Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toni Baldwin


 * 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 per WP:SNOW. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 07:06, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Toni Baldwin

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Article unjustifiably created, and evidently/likely by the subject of the article (or a direct affiliate or acquaintance), which constitutes a conflict of interest anyway – Furthermore, this is not a truly notable or significant individual, musician, or public figure. They should not have a Wikipedia entry. Nor should this person be listed under North Atlanta High’s notable alumni, 1995 births, Living people, or any of the several other categories and articles to/on which they are linked.

As a musical act, they were never signed under any major (or independent) label or imprint, have never charted on any official record charts (0 results on Billboard for instance), and have no noteworthy (let alone legitimate) social media audience or following. It is suspected that their Verified check marks (Instagram and Facebook) were swindled, primarily due to the existence of this very Wikipedia article (and under the guise of public relevance). In addition, no trace whatsoever of their music (or any other significant work) even exists online at this point:

• In previous years, they simply posted their homemade music on their personal SoundCloud and YouTube ― to minimal plays and impressions

• They were never (and still are not) on any major streaming platforms or music services

• All their online content is removed altogether (absolutely no content is on YouTube or SoundCloud or streaming platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, etc.) plus all their social media profiles (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat) have by now been emptied, hidden, made private, and/or abandoned for an extended time

They seemingly have transitioned all their online profiles from “Musical/recording artist” to the “Social media influencer” type. Therefore, they are indeed using their illegitimate social media Verification and misleading Wikipedia entry in hopes of attracting real followers instead of bot or purchased followers.

Finally, the article’s “sources” are not reliable and are all unknown, local, niche, and/or personal webpages directly connected to the subject (who, again, most likely authored this entry or had it authored on their own behalf). Moreover, every “source” is from fall to winter of 2016, with many of the links being dead, having expired domains, or being largely empty/devoid of any content (e.g., the subject’s very own, self-published tonibaldwin.com). UsernamePolicyPassed (talk) 09:58, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete; The Fame magazine thing is an interview article of the least reliable sort, and nearly everything else is from the subject's own website and facebook pages. Impossible to find anything remotely significant with Google. Elemimele (talk) 11:23, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians, Women,  and Tennessee. Shellwood (talk) 11:33, 5 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete - Not seeing a single RS about this, 98% of the page is self referencing her website. Cool music but WP:PROMO PDXBart (talk) 19:48, 5 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete never charted at the time, and hasn't seemingly released music in quite a few years from what I see. Wasn't notable then, very likely isn't now. Oaktree b (talk) 23:17, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * We had another AfD with a foodie person in Atlanta with the same name, she keeps popping up when I try finding stuff for this person. Either one isn't notable. Oaktree b (talk) 23:19, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * And the website is her name in big letters with a sign-up option, nice way to harvest emails, there is no content. If she was notable, I'd at least expect an updated website. Oaktree b (talk) 23:21, 5 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete, clearly not notable, WP:PROMO. — VersaceSpace  🌃 03:56, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - It looks like she was a relentless self-promoter for a couple of years, with shenanigans like announcing her own album release in a short YouTube video and then using that video as evidence in self-published webzine articles about how the album was announced. The article is dependent on her own rampant self-promotional social media posts before she apparently got bored and dropped that strategy. I can find no evidence that her releases or overall career were noticed by anyone other than herself. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) 14:29, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Does seem like WP:PROMO, don't see how meets WP:GNG or WP:NMUSIC. -Kj cheetham (talk) 15:05, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. The individual fails WP:NBASIC and WP:NMUSIC and the tone of the article is promotional. —  Red-tailed hawk (nest) 20:21, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: Fails WP:GNG  Comr Melody Idoghor  (talk)  23:31, 11 August 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.