Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roberson

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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 of the debate was no consensus. --Sam Blanning(talk) 14:29, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Roberson

Vanity entry: drummer in a house band, otherwise non-notable. Delete --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 08:31, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

New to Wikipedia and have edited the current entry. I disagree with deletion submission. Source is also verifiable. If necessary contact Dwayne Wiggins, Comedy Central, Eric Benet. Respectfully submitted. Keep --User:Krystal Cooper 1 April 2006

  • Hello, and welcome. It's tough to get into Wikipedia. Dozens of bands try every day. Most are deleted. There's a tough policy on how "notable" a band has to be to get in, and it's here: WP:BAND. Take a look there, please.

There are two key things about Wikipedia to know. First, you get written about; you don't write about yourself. See WP:VAIN. Second, everything has to be checkable against some outside source; TV, magazine, well-known web site, or something like that. (Blogs don't count. Neither does your own web site.) It's all about your rep.

If you've been covered in magazines, add those mentions to your article. (They're supposed to be in a strict format, but if you just get the important info in there, someone else will probably fix that.) When you've been on TV or radio, list shows, dates, and songs. Or get your fans to do it. Most bands are put up on Wikipedia by their fans, not the band. That's what fan clubs are for.

What's killing your entry is that there's not much in Google about you. That's how everybody makes a quick check.

I'm not a music expert; I'm just doing cleanup tonight as a volunteer. I have no strong opinion either way. --John Nagle 09:02, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Hello, (waving) Thanks John. That helps a lot. Actually this is a fan. How do I link to outside sources, TV, Magazines,etc. I don't understand the tags. What is format for including magazine articles. I wonder if another problem is that he goes by Taz. His real name is Dante' M. Roberson. But thanks again for clearing it up. We will try to fix the entry approriately to be accepted into wikipedia.

  • Cleaning Up --User:Krystal Cooper 1 April 2006

The listing is Dante_Roberson, but the article deletion tag is Roberson. Should I be posting on 2 different talks?--User:Krystal Cooper 1 April 2006

I did a move from Roberson to Dante Roberson. That's why.--John Nagle 17:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
Ok. Got it. --User:Krystal Cooper 1 April 2006
That's been taken care of by a move. Thanks.--John Nagle 17:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  • verify, cleanup, and keep because he may be notable as per WP:MUSIC due to his association with Dwayne Wiggins. If he played on a hit album, how could he not be notable? Roodog2k 14:19, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Drummer with band seen by tons of people on TV. Seems to have recorded with lots of major musicians. Good enough for me. -- JJay 14:29, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Looking today, it looks like this is turning into a "keep" article. We now have a discography, it was a fan, not a vanity article, and more references are appearing. Thanks. --John Nagle 17:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  • In Process of Cleaning up

Hi everyone, again thank you for looking at the article. I'm Trying to clean up and put in correct format. Is there a different type of tag I need? --User:Krystal Cooper 2 April 2006

--WP:Band Criteria

Went over the WP:Band article. I'm still trying to figure out how to link based on the WP Music/Band criteria

Has had a charted hit on any national music chart, in at least one large or medium-sized country[1]. Dwayne Wiggins, Eyes Never Lie and selected Discography.

Has gone on an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one large or medium-sized country[1], reported in notable and verifiable sources. Dwayne Wiggins,98 Degrees, Eric Benet, Najee

Has released two or more albums on a major label or one of the more important indie labels (i.e. an independent label with a history of more than a few years and a roster of performers, many of which are notable). -See Discography

Has performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g. a theme for a network television show. (But if this is the only claim, it is probably more appropriate to have a mention in the main article and redirect to that page.) D.L.Hughley, Comedy Central is a Network Channel.

Has won or placed in a major music competition.

Has credit for writing or co-writing either lyrics or music for a musician or ensemble that qualifies above.discography

Has credit for writing or co-writing either lyrics or music for a musician or ensemble that qualifies above.discography

--User:Krystal Cooper 3 April 2006

--Sources Cited

Source Cited in Television: Comedy Central Network: Weekends at the D.L. :1st Season, 2nd season in production.
           Source Cited in Video: Eric Benet' World Tour: 
           Source Cited in Links: Link to video from tour, Photography from tour and Television show.
           Source Cited in Discography & Artists Toured with.

--User:Krystal Cooper 4 April 2006

Please only make a bold-typed vote once. Not three times. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 07:47, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

In the process of learning WIKI in order to get it Wikified as some of the articles here suggest. --User:Krystal Cooper 5 April 2006

Ok starting to get a hang of it. --user:Krystal Cooper 7 April 2006

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.