Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Sparks

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 of the debate was userfy. Mackensen (talk) 16:51, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chris Sparks

Singer/Song writer that fails WP:Music, and is the creator of a non-notable record company, delete Yanksox 19:52, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

• Userfy (move to User:ChrisSparks) and delete as NN. -Big Smooth 20:44, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

• While we certainly understand that there needs to be criteria to ensure the integrity of Wikipedia, we feel that the criteria are inaccurate in determining if an artist is notable or not especially in the internet age. There are many artists who are prolific without chart action or major tours. So, we first recommend that you take a hard look at these critieria especially considering this is a web site. Furthermore, Chris Sparks is in the Rodeo genre which is mainly underground and is a genre with no radio or tour support. Radio airplay on a mass scale is not even possible. Even so, Mr. Sparks still has a major tour coming up with numerous major sporting events as well as several articles with major music publications. He is sponsored by Wrangler, the largest apparel company in the world, and Resistol Hat. Also, Mr. Sparks' contributions to the music industry are also as an editor and developer for a large network of music and music-related sites in his genre. Separately from music, he is the creator of one of the largest business and career site networks in the world. So perhaps this means some changes in the bio and the category. Given this information, we would certainly appreciate any suggestions you have so that we may abide by the guidelines and still have an appropriate bio for Mr. Sparks. ChrisSparks
• Userfy despite eloquent argument above. Danny Lilithborne 05:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• User-fy Close, I'd almost say keep, but I really can't tell much of the notiblity. I mean, there's some stir on google, but his name is so common. Though apparently Mr. Sparks has some competition for notability, as this dude founded a company, and its not the same person as the article say. I see a resume of a guy by that name, but they went to the wrong to college to be this Chris Sparks. The other spattering of early results are for things reguarding the 3-4 websites this person runs to help forward themselves. Who knows, maybe in less than 5 years he'll be listable. The user ChrisSparks can have the article on their userpage. If this article is user-fyied, I remind the admin that the artwork is fairuse, so don't forget to nix that out of the user space. Kevin_b_er 05:48, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• We appreciate the feedback. We're putting some stuff together right now for documentation. We will post it shortly. ChrisSparks 08:12, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

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