Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elwood (American musician)

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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 keep. John254 00:33, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elwood (American musician)

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Lack of notabilty as per WP:Notability (music) WebHamster 10:07, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep. Clearly satisfies criterion #1. I never heard of the band, but after it was tagged for speedy deletion I searched for some sources and added them to the article. It has "been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician/ensemble itself and reliable." All cited sources have an article in Wikipedia. Melsaran 12:10, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - PR puff pieces in online music "webzines" (MTV.com included) are hardly notable, it's marketing, nothing more. The Amazon.com entry is simply a source of purchasing the artist's only CD. This artist has won no awards, has only one CD released (7 years ago and nothing since!). This is not the material of encyclopaedias. Maybe in a few years when he has actually made a substantial impact on the music industry in general, until then this entry is more suited to Allmusic, not Wikipedia. WebHamster 13:46, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. If he'd released a second album, or if there was more media coverage, I'd say keep. Precious Roy 14:58, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom.--Yannick 16:04, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. Kinda marginal, but according to billboard.com he has charted, which seems to meet WP:MUSIC. Seattlenow 02:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. He charted at number 33 on what I believe is the official American chart which can be used to determine these things. Therefore, he passes the cited criterion. He should also be strung up for crimes against music, since his album is close to unlistenable, but sadly that doesn't mean that he's non-notable. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 07:54, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per BigHaz and article's added reference. Precious Roy 11:50, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Meets criterion #2 as pointed out by BigHaz. Thanks for the research!--Yannick 02:32, 20 August 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.