Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K Smith

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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 was delete - Nabla (talk) 00:41, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] K Smith

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Non-notable rapper (his sole claim to fame is that he's related to Will Smith). Article was previously deleted multiple times as K.smith; speedy deletion declined. Fails WP:MUSIC. —Hello, Control Hello, Tony 12:42, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Hello, Control Hello, Tony 12:45, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment I have found this source [1] as well, although I'm not sure how reliable it can be considered. This might be one where he should be notable enough once the album is released, but at the moment is questionable because of the lack of reliable sources. Google news search doesn't look good. He shouldn't be deleted just because he is taking advantage of his relation to someone famous, but sources are still needed to establish notability. I'm not sure on this one. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 13:40, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment Press releases do not establish notability. I agree that the article should not be deleted because he is trading on a famous relation; it should be deleted because the notability of the subject cannot be established. If, once the album is released, he garners enough media attention to pass notability, the article can easily be re-created. —Hello, Control Hello, Tony 13:50, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm holding off at the moment because the simplicity of his name makes it a tough search term. I'm not convinced that we can't establish notability... it just might be very hard to do so. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 13:56, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, article fails to establish notability as per WP:MUSIC & possibly WP:NOTINHERITED.  Esradekan Gibb  "Talk" 14:37, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
  • I've also found this. Also, the supposed hit song "Better Man" was performed with the notable Omarion. Searching for that single with song and quotes + Omarion gets over 47,000 hits. Not sure where this brings us. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 14:51, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete per all my previous research. Bent over backwards looking for legit reliable sources, couldn't find them (just press release type info). He could very well be notable in the future, after release of album or more succesful single, but now there isn't much and any page on him would be hard pressed not to violate WP:BLP. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 15:02, 11 April 2008 (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.