Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ja Rule

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 Speedy Keep. Non-admin closure Tomj 18:21, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ja Rule

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There are no references or sources to back up any of the information in the article. Shadyaftrmathgunit 14:39, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

• Keep article and Transwiki the AfD to uncycolpedia. Articles are not deleted because they lack references; the subject is clearly notable and not having an article on him would be a serious omission. Eleland 15:02, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep When I saw there was an AfD on this topic I was afraid of she I would see when I clicked the link for the article-- maybe a few poorly written scribblings from a pre-teen fan of Ja Rule. But instead I found that this AfD nomination was simply overzealous. In fact we are dealing with a very good start to an article. The appropriate thing to do would be to tag the article for lack of sources, not an AfD. I believe very strongly in citing references, and this article falls extremely below the mark in giving citations. I have some concerns that there might be some copyvio issues-- but that concern is arising out of the lack of citations. I haven't checked on anything yet. We just need to light a fire under some of the Wikipedians who are involved in editing hip hop articles and pop artist articles. This can be whipped up into shape quickly. AfD was the wrong way to go here. OfficeGirl 15:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

• Snowball keep Add sources. AfD is not the place for this.--Sethacus 15:26, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy keep Wow I was surprised to see this listed here. Ja Rule has achieved multi-platinum albums, top ten Billboard songs, and several Grammy nominations. Add this to WP:BJAODN :D Spellcast 15:45, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy keep per above. Article does need serious copyediting (formal tone/diction). /Blaxthos 16:03, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
• KEEP - Is this a joke? He's notable, per Spellcast. This makes no sense. --- Realest4Life 16:47, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep. Why is this on AfD? Ja Rule is clearly notable. Smashville 17:25, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy keep Is this some kind of joke? He's one of the biggest stars on the planet — iridescent (talk to me!) 17:33, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep This is a complete non-issue. You can't seriously suggest the deletion of an entire article on one of the world's best known rappers just because it isn't cited properly. It certainly needs improvement , but deletion is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut (as my old granny used to say) Tx17777 17:52, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy keep, why isn't this AFD closed yet? Clearly a notable musician, has had lots of hits. 96T 18:17, 2 September 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.