Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lewis Stanson

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The result was delete. — Scientizzle 21:44, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lewis Stanson

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Lewis Stanson (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable teenage singer-songwriter. No reliable sources, fails WP:V, WP:N and WP:MUSIC. The link to Island Records throws up a 'HTTP 404 Not Found' error and the Daily Mail reference links to a story about Keira Knightley! Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:13, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete. Although being a frequent editor of this article, I must admit that this article fails to comply with WP:MUSIC. At the moment at least. Very unlikely to be a hoax (edit: Upon a better inspection, even the "press release" photo looks kinda badly Photoshopped :D, and the given links (Island Records and Daily Mail) do not exist indeed. Delete it for now, but I'll set it up again when Lewis becomes notable for his music :D Alvin (talk) 09:43, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
    • This user changed his mind below...
  • Keep Although this article does not yet hold any reliable sources to support information stated, the basis is of it is in fact true. I work for Universal Music Publishing in London I can confirm that Stanson has been signed, but there was no press release held on March 7th in London - it would of been strange, as he's currently in the USA. Consider keeping the article as a basic stub, but do delete any irrelavent information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elle nelson200 (talk • contribs) 12:03, March 9, 2008 — Elle nelson200 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Keep Agree that this article is not yet notable, but I'm an avid fan on his YouTube page and he was on TV for about 2 mins when they interviewed him at Brit Awards after party. I think as said above it's a good idea to just keep it as a stub, because it's only a matter of time before he gets more publicity. User:Ellenelson200 (talk)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Ben1920 (talk • contribs) 12:08, March 9, 2008 — Ben1920 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Note This comment was incorrectly signed. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:44, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep I think it should be kept, but only the small section that is supported by sources. This guy has a signed a record deal cause they were talking about it on bbc radio lincolnshire and congratulating him. There was also a piece written about him in the evening telegraph music/gig section. Don't delete, Lewis is awesome! (User:Junogarden (talk) — Junogarden (talk • contribs) has made no other edits outside this AfD.
  • Keep Very tricky. As a fan I'm saying don't delete this, because the stated information is true, but someone (or some freak fan) has been taking these photos off his myspace photo albums and photoshopping them - which is very sad! Delete all sections apart from the very first paragraph (getting his deal) etc and also delete all photos cause they're clearly fake. The boy has a hell of a voice though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Babyjane40 (talk • contribs) 12:17, March 9, 2008 — Babyjane40 (talk • contribs) has made no other edits outside this AfD.
  • Keep I have changed my mind guys, I think this article should stay but I do think that the person who added the pics should be at least warned. In the mean time I will just continue revamping the article as I planned. Alvin (talk) 12:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. —Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:32, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • DeleteI'm not a fan, I've never heard his music or visited his youtube page. All I know is what I've been researching to establish sources of notability and I can't find anything. There seems to be no reasonable press coverage at all on this artist. It fails WP:MUSIC and frankly some of these sources are rubbish. The Guardian article doesn't even have the word "Stanson" in the article... at all. The Island Records link is broken and the "justedsigned" directory it is supposed to exist in isn't even on their server. I searched Island Records' site for Lewis and Stanson and neither found results. I can find no connection between him and Salvatore Ferragamo in google searches. His official website is not in the DNS and yields an error. Ascap searches bring up nothing of value [1] and neither do BMI searches [2]. The website sourced as www.hitquarters.com brings up nothing at all on this artist, even after using the search box. He has never had a charted hit and I can find no evidence via Ticketmaster US or UK [3] that he has ever played a professional concert. Also, the picture of him with the Farrgamo logo look suspiciously like the same background as the videos on his youtube page [4]. This combined with the fact the pic came from his myspace page leads me to believe it is self-taken. I have to insist that WP:ILIKEIT is not a reason to keep completely unverifiable article.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 12:49, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Addition Also,I want to address the people saying "he has a record deal but it's not public yet" Well, that may be true... but even if they make it public it doesn't satisfy the guidelines. Just because an artist is signed isn't good enough for WP:MUSIC it clearly says, in relation to record deals... "Has released two or more albums on a major label or one of the more important indie labels". Just FYI. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Torchwoodwho (talk • contribs) 12:58, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep To be fair I also saw the short (itwas more like 40 seconds) interview with him at the Brits after-party and he just confirmed that he signed a deal and was going to be recording soon. It doesn't yet qualify for a wikipedia page, so I think it should be either deleted until further information comes available or reduced to a stub. I had to use a keep vote sign because I love his voice so much!! lol —Preceding unsigned comment added by Montypthon (talk • contribs) 14:25, March 9, 2008 — Montypthon (talk • contribs) has made no other edits outside this AfD. — username (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at UTC timestamp [optional] (UTC).
There seems to be a lot of Single Purpose Account voting going around. Not an attack on anyone, just something to note for the closing admin.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 13:30, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete fan comments do not establish notability per WP:MUSIC, which this unfortunately doesn't have. It can be re-created when/if it does. TRAVELLINGCARIMy storyTell me yours 16:24, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete Myspace and youtube are not reliable sources. Reywas92Talk 18:46, 9 March 2008 (UTC)


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