Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Omega Redd

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 of the debate was delete. -- ( drini's page ☎ ) 08:38, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Omega Redd

The only information that checks out about this alleged hip hop artist (albeit only according to Google) is that someone named "Omega Redd" exists (see quote below). None of the other information I checked - about the robbery of Allen Strong, his radio singles, etc. - come up. His alleged altercation with high-profile hip hop artist Jay-Z is particularly suspect, as it would have appeared in the media.

The overall tone of this article is in equal parts self-laudatory and absurd. This article was first posted anonymously, and it's earliest versions are even more fraught with "gangster" mythology - Omega Redd's arrests for violent crime, penning lyrics while in prison, an arrest for murder and subsequent (short) bid in prison, release from prison and recording an album, arrest for grand larceny, etc.

Finally, the only on-line description I could find of Omega Redd, from norecordlabel.com [1]:Omega Redd and Rebelz Of Treble Recordz hail the grimey streets of Buffalo New York. A young cat with unmatchable flavor first set out at the early age of 9 to become an essential asset to the rap game. 7 years later, with his skill level highly developed, he takes on and tackles all forms of rap, from gangsta to battle, and crushes the competition. With enough said, let the music speak for itself. Danspalding 23:12, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. The contributions of the author, 207.255.172.85, [2], show numerous examples of vandalism of existing pages, in the same vein: here and here. Bubamara 00:36, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Relisting this to generate more discussion. howcheng [ t • c • w • e ] 22:58, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. According to Allmusic.com, there was an outfit called Pakman and Omega Reed who released an album on their own label [3] which failed to chart. No other evidence of notability. Capitalistroadster 20:50, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as above, then redirect to the X-Men villain. -- Grev 14:15, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - hip hop and rap music sends the wrong message to our youth. This article violates community standards. Bruce176
  • "Community standards" is not even a generally acceptable criteria for deletion, Bruce. --Apostrophe 01:03, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
  • I agree with Bruce. So... it looks like we have a consensus for deletion. What happens next? Danspalding 01:26, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Stifle 01:31, 20 December 2005 (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.