Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Taliaferro

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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. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 13:48, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Christopher Taliaferro

Christopher Taliaferro (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Contested speedy, should be an open-and-shut case. 17-year-old folksinger, no albums, no national tour, no other signifiers of notability per WP:MUSIC. "...not until early 2007 did he start to build up a small fan base." Indeed. Herostratus 02:01, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Strong delete Should have been speedied. mrholybrain's talk 02:09, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Well, it was, but the creator of the article put a lot of work on it and apparantly wanted a full discussion. Herostratus 02:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Fails WP:MUSIC. Sources are unverified. --N Shar 02:13, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:MUSIC and suspected WP:AUTO, google search only resulted myspace link. Wooyi 02:34, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nomination. Fails WP:MUSIC andWP:NInkpaduta 03:34, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep, according to the article has had a couple of interviews. Plus has other claims to notability in the article. Mathmo Talk 04:53, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. The published interviews mentioned by Mathmo may be enough to pass WP:BIO. "The person has been a primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person." --Eastmain 05:21, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per Mathmo. 1ne 10:06, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. No evidence of meeting WP:MUSIC. Regarding the two interviews listed at the bottom, one is from his local newspaper, and the other is from a magazine that I can't even verify the existence of. Article also seems self-promotional. WarpstarRider 10:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete promotional and fails WP:MUSIC. The article needs more than one potential reliable source to change my opinion. Nuttah68 10:54, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, reads more like a press release than an encyclopaedia article to me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Taliaferro 12:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC).
  • Delete Fails WP:BIO and WP:MUSIC.TellyaddictEditor review! 16:19, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete The article asserts his own lack of notability in its lead paragraph: "not until early 2007 did he start to build up a small fan base." There are also a ton of claims that are not supported: "major criticism" for his "rusty voice" huh? He is "best known" by who for refusing to "give in to record labels"? I can find no evidence that "Bad Magazine" exists. Fails WP:BIO, WP:MUSIC. Resolute 17:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Agree with Mathmo —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.168.16.12 (talk • contribs).
  • Keep Has sold self-promoted albums, Bad Magazine is real , and he played in most Southern States. Boisebellomine 05:38, 11 February 2007 — Boisebellomine (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Keep Taliaferro is a very important part of Southern Underground Music. Not on an "Important" record company, but has sold thousands of albums. Thebaconsoda 06:03, 11 February 2007 — Thebaconsoda (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Delete, fails WP:MUSICSlideAndSlip 22:09, 13 February 2007 (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.