Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akala (rapper)

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 no consensus. W.marsh 01:46, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Akala (rapper)

Non-notable rapper at this time CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 09:12, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

• No vote. Please take the time to actually explain why you find this rapper to be non-notable. Proto///type 09:27, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

  Well, what about WP:MUSIC? One might even say {{db-bio}}. --Lambiam^Talk 09:48, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry I didn't put that in but he does not appear to meet the guidelines as laid out in Wikipedia:Notability (music). On the other hand if he does well thats fine. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 10:16, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

• There we go, fails WP:MUSIC. That was the only thing you needed to say. I'm just making a little point about AFD noms with insufficient info; this is definitely a delete. Proto///type 10:19, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - should be a speedy A7. Does not meet notability for musicians - Peripitus (Talk) 11:19, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete per CSD:A7, not notable. --Coredesat 11:22, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Doesn't he meet criteria for representing regional genre of British hip-hop? -Nick4340 20:28, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep, under WP:BIO: "The person has been the primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person." His website include scans of press clippings from The Times, The Independent, and Daily Telegraph. hateless 19:38, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per hateless. --badlydrawnjeff talk 23:27, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per hateless. He is notable enough. Yahoo! Music, BBC, Amazon.com. --Musicpvm 05:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Strong Keep - I think this article should be kept

• keep per hateless Jdcooper 18:28, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
• keep: he's had a song playlisted on radio1 (on the 1-upfront list), this suffices. Morwen - Talk 14:54, 26 June 2006 (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.