Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Joe Brooks

According to the notability guidelines listed under music, an artist is notable if they meet ANY of the criteria listed. Joe Brooks meets two criteria points:


 * 1) It has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician or ensemble itself and reliable.
 * As linked in the references section, Joe Brooks has been on BBC radio, interviewed for the Birmingham Mail, AND Magazine, and other sources.


 * 4) Has received non-trivial coverage in a reliable source of an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one sovereign country.
 * Some of the articles referenced point to his sold out UK Tour from February/March 2009.

Those points alone meet the guidelines set by wikipedia for notability.

As for the "bedroom musician claim," there is no reference to it in the main article. Therefore any reference to it by the user who marked this article for deletion is irrelevant.

The user that market this for deletion says that his only claim to fame is myspace popularity. However, myspace has over 5 million bands/artists. So the fact that Joe Brooks is listed as often listed as the number one artist means that he is very notable. Myspace might not be traditional media yet, but as digital downloads and streams surpass physical sales, Myspace has become more and more important .Evilkarrot (talk) 20:37, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

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