Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/B.G. Knocc Out

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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 of the debate was Keep. Puzzlingly, no coherent reason for deletion was given by the nominator. During the debate, no arguments for deletion emerged. The subject is a musician who has released an album produced by a major record company. The article is poorly sourced and needs cleanup, and has already been marked as such. --Tony Sidaway 19:11, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] B.G. Knocc Out

Delete, nn San Saba 17:40, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep. We're talking 560 unique G-hits, an album released on Polygram that did indeed go gold (which all by itself satisfies WP:MUSIC). I'm honestly curious what makes this fellow non-notable? RGTraynor 20:56, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Hm. Metropolitan may be right there (see below) -- I couldn't find various versions on the RIAA site, which has to be considered more reliable than the weblisting I used myself to check the gold assertion. I certainly have to withdraw my Keep vote pending some sourcing. RGTraynor 13:55, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Google shows this gangsta rapper is real, but the first pages are Amazon, a bunch of lyrics sites, and eBay. No coverage by media with high enough PageRank to show up in the first twenty, no verification of Real Brothas going gold, but I'll take RGT's word that it did. The album's article says it was released on Def Jam/Outburst Records... oh, I see that PolyGram bought (half of) Def Jam in 1994, so RGT cited the parent label of the imprint which actually released it. Note that the album's article has only a track list, no citations indicating gold certification or media coverage. Weak keep and cleanup/expand per RGTraynor. Barno 23:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. A prior article about this rapper (in which his name was misspelled) was deleted; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/B.G. Knock Out. A search of the RIAA database at [1] indicates that his only album did not go gold, and his chart performance is marginal in terms of whether he qualifies under WP:MUSIC. No vote yet; I would need a clear indication that he does satisfy WP:MUSIC before I could vote to keep. --Metropolitan90 01:59, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Also delete the copyvio image. --Rory096(block) 19:33, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep due to lack of valid reason given for deletion. Don't say "non-notable". Stifle (talk) 00:35, 29 April 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.