Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Of Evans


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The result was delete. North America1000 03:47, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

William Of Evans

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Non-notable musician lacking in-depth, non-trivial support. red dogsix (talk) 23:31, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello,

Please help me understand why "Non-notable musician lacking in-depth, non-trivial support" is being referenced as grounds for deletion of this artist page.

One of the cited sources is from a well respected and highly visible music outlet: Afropunk.com. The artist has had media coverage and been written about there:

http://afropunk.com/2015/11/feature-the-gift-of-the-manchild-the-debut-ep-from-d-i-y-singersongwriter-comedian-williamofevans/

A second and third source cited are respected pop-culture website and podcast; Blackgirlnerds.com. , which has had many highly visible guests including Oprah Winfrey and Idris Elba. This artist has had media coverage and been written about at this website and was featured on this podcast:

https://blackgirlnerds.com/former-janitorcomedic-actor-makes-super-mario-music-video/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/black-girl-nerds/id1056793768?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

A fourth source cited is the artist's page on Soundcloud.com; which is a large and highly visible music streaming site. The artist has amassed over 1 million song plays on this site and over 11 thousand followers:

https://soundcloud.com/williamofevans/player-2

With the above information, I believe this exempts this artist from the category of "Non-notable musician lacking in-depth, non-trivial support".

If there is a formatting issue with the cited sources, please help me to correct it, but I hardly see there is a need to delete the page all together.

Thank you. Cryer Townsend (talk) 00:33, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:37, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:37, 24 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment The problem is that the coverage among these cited sources are basically promotional announcements of a release rather than independent, objective third party coverage (even though the sites themselves certainly contain content that are objective third party.) Hence why they are considered trivial. Soundcloud is user submitted and is difficult to verify the veracity of view/listen counts because of click farms, etc. That's not implying these numbers aren't legit, but rather explaining why it can't be considered a reliable source. ShelbyMarion (talk) 10:52, 25 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete No indication of significant coverage in reliable, independent sources and no indication that passes WP:NMUSIC. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 20:32, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. -Snorre/Antwelm (talk) 22:01, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:GNG and WP:SIGCOV. There is not even a single reliable source that proves any fact in this article. Bearian (talk) 02:38, 1 October 2017 (UTC)


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