Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson

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. Sandstein 08:00, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson

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Nothing to show notability. 1 non wiki hit on Google. Hammer1980·^talk 01:21, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

• Delete: Does not appear to meet music standards. - Rjd0060 (talk) 01:27, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete touring with a grammy award winning group---not even a part of said group!Balloonman (talk) 07:59, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:V and WP:NOTE. --Brewcrewer (talk) 09:30, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
• I created this page. I probably shouldn't have included the nickname ("Tuba Gooding Jr.") within the name (Damon Bryson). There should be a listing for this musician, but he should be listed as "Damon Bryson," with a later mention of his stage name. Do we need to delete this page to set that up? Help. I'm new here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DeeEss (talk • contribs) 12:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. I can't find any evidence that this musician has been written about in reliable sources, and so any information in the article would be unverifiable. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 13:03, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep! He is a current member of the Roots, and he has done work with other artist as well^[1]. Its easier to find stuff on him searching just Damon Bryson. Article just needs to beimproved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DerRichter (talk • contribs) 13:16, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
• Sorry about not signing--DerRichter (talk) 13:19, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

• Could you link to the sources that you found when you searched for "Damon Bryson"? I searched using that name and didn't see the reliable independent sources, but I'm open to the possibility that you found something that I missed. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 13:59, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

• I admit its hard to find reliable sources using Google but I have yet to search hard or non-internet sources and don't have the capability to do so as I am abroad right now in a country that probably has nothing on this artist. It turns out that www.theroots.com is really just a link to their myspace, which I agree is not a reliable independent sources. If I were to reshape this article, I would include this info box: {{tl|Infobox Musical artist}. I would also try to find as much biographical info and works that he has contributed to. However, he is a part of muscial group the Roots. Personally, while the current article does not meet wikipedia standards, I think we need to help new wikipedians improve their articles to wikipedia's standards rather than searching google for the topic and then nominating it for deletion. Deletion may be the decision of this discussion, but I think this article could work out in the future.--DerRichter (talk) 21:22, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

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