Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Y-Love

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. I can find no evidence that he has ever released an album, and can certainly find no independent corroboration of the claims in the article. Users below assert that he has been written about in notable publications, but no links have been provided. If any of these references do show up, it's ok to recreate this. --- Deville (Talk) 07:18, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Y-Love

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POV bio of a nonnotable person, per WP:BIO. Google search brings up nothing but blogs and myspace. Daniel Olsen 23:06, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom, although rapping in Aramaic is something which could get him noticed more broadly soon enough. BigHaz - Schreit mich an (Review me) 01:47, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete his uniqueness (of being a black jew who raps in aramaic) is asserted, but not notability. No sign of hits, tours, reviews. Fail to see how he meets WP:MUSIC. Ohconfucius 07:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. The fact that you guys haven't heard of him doesn't mean he isn't notable, and he is most certainly so in Jewish/Israeli rap circles. He does have a website (http://thisisbabylon.net/), but I think some folks here are falling into the trap of "web=world", which is especially problematic in the realm of Orthodox Jews, a significant section of whom won't even go on the web. Clean up the POV-ness of the entry, and then keep it. 64.236.128.14 11:57, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete fails WP:MUSIC unless I'm missing something. zephyr2k 14:40, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep He is a notable person. He is a nominee for a Jewish hiphop award for this year. **:Comment Matisyahu didn't start out as a known entity. He has done shows in Israel, been on covers of magazines, articles have been written on him, (Baltimore Jewish times), he a headliner for this years Jewlapalooza. Everything in this article is quite verifiable. Is it racism that wants it out? Take a look at his manging site [(http://www.modularmoods.com/modularmoods3.html)] Somekindasprite 22:07, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Actually it requires an award, WP:MUSIC User:Yy-bo 23:20, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment According to the guidelines, it does NOT require an award. He has been interviewd on air, has been the subject of articles by reputable media sources. Check him om beliefnet, and here - http://www.jewishtimes.com/scripts/edition.pl?now=05/21/2006&stay=1&SubSectionID=48&ID=2847 . Check out Atlanta Jewish Times. He's met the criteria.67.91.252.44 19:47, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

    Comment It was appearing to me that to have won an award is a meaningful criteria for notability in terms of WP:MUSIC. It is not always required literally, if a consensus about notability can be obtained otherwise. If you add links (unverified, i just wrote a comments), this helps to make a descision. However, wikipedia is not a complete music artists guide... User:Yy-bo 19:03, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per all above Jdclevenger 04:11, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Comment Y-Love won the 2006 Jewish Music Award for Best Hip-hop Artist as well as been written up in over 30 articles. He should be reinstated. User:acht3k

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