Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ghost (producer)

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. Canley (talk) 08:17, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ghost (producer)

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Non-notable producer who has worked with, for the most part, marginally notable artists; not responsible for any hit singles or albums. His own albums are either self-released or on a minor indie label. Fails WP:MUSIC and WP:NOTE. Speedy deletion was declined, this this nomination. Precious Roy (talk) 16:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

• Keep. Notable and highly regarded producer who is very successful within his genre. Adequate coverage - refs added. The record label has been established since 1999 and has a long history of releases. --Michig (talk) 17:42, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment References added are not from reliable sources but genre fansites and a blog. This is not "multiple non-trivial published works... such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, and television documentaries" Precious Roy (talk) 18:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment. None of the refs look like blogs to me. You call them genre fansites, I would call them specialist on-line news sites/magazines. Rapnews has been established since 2003 and is supported by the arts council. --Michig (talk) 18:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
      • Comment The link sure looks like a blog entry to me but I'll take your word for it. Precious Roy (talk) 18:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
• Weak Keep - the problem here is the quality of the WP:RS. There are lots of references on him, they are just - weak on our criteria, as they are all specialist sources. I don't know this area well enough, so I tried the BBC's Hip-Hop area, but that doesn't have a reference on him. Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 00:51, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
• Comment As I posted on the talk page of the article, the claim that his album was the 2nd-best-selling British hip hop album of 2007 does not appear to be borne out by the low number of ghits (~730) returned for the album title/artist. Precious Roy (talk) 13:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Precious Roy (talk) 14:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. While the article could do with improvement and better references, what's already there seems sufficient to demonstrate notability under WP:MUSIC. Bondegezou (talk) 16:05, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

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