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The result was delete. ✗plicit 00:34, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

N3on

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He might become notable in the future (he won't), but not right now. He doesn't even have a million subs on YouTube. Should we make a page for every toxic influencer whenever they start hanging out with famous rappers? Or washed up ones like Iggy Azalea. Strawberries1 (talk) 23:44, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Sufficient and in-dept coverage by HotNewHipHop, Complex and XXL all of which are considered reliable by WP:MUSIC/SOURCE. This makes N3on pass WP:GNG, subscriber count or toxicity doesn't matter. Célestin Denis (talk) 00:28, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Complex article is an interview, which generally don't add notability. IgelRM (talk) 18:21, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. He just barely passes WP:GNG, if at all. He still fails SIGCOV and CONTINUEDCOVERAGE. Coverage existing doesn't mean he needs an article. The fact this article is literally four sentences long probably goes to show that he's not notable, too. Strawberries1 (talk) 01:00, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The nominator is not allowed to make a second !vote, so I have crossed this out. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 01:25, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Who — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:4808:53F2:E200:F017:EC5:F05B:E52B (talk) 03:46, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Also noting that the SPI linked in this report showed that all three editors arguing Keep are related to each other. Liz Read! Talk! 02:26, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gina Ismene Chitty

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Lack of WP:SIGCOV or any news coverage I can track down. She may meet number 12 of WP:MUSICBIO, worth noting. Although featured in the Sydney International Piano Competition, it doesn't seem as if she won an award there. jellyfish ✉ 02:01, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Okay, I think you misunderstood my question or I didn't word it clearly. I can locate two interviews with presumably music magazines and nothing else aside from posts on Facebook regarding the subject and Wordpress interviews. Please review the general notability guidelines along with notability regarding musicians. Jellyfish (mobile) (talk) 20:17, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    A composer is notable on Wikipedia if they meet at least one of several specific criteria, such as creating a composition that has received significant coverage in reliable sources, has been performed in a notable venue, or has been the basis for another notable work. Breville33 (talk) 06:57, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: A composer is notable on Wikipedia if they meet at least one of several specific criteria, such as creating a composition that has received significant coverage in reliable sources, has been performed in a notable venue, or has been the basis for another notable work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Breville33 (talk • contribs)
  • Keep:Internationally performed composer who has contributed a large number of works which are unusually totally innovative in the Australian repertory soundscape. Vibrant, energetic, technically demanding and the composer also illustrates all the covers of her publications. WP:MUSICBIO contributed to research on diaspora - she has also performed major piano concerti and yes, finalist, winner in piano competitions but this is not about pianism - it is a compositional output. The article needs proper formatting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DiagnosticAce (talk • contribs) 14:34, 18 October 2025 (UTC) — DiagnosticAce (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
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Benümb / Pig Destroyer

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Fails WP:NALBUM; no notability aside from one Exclaim! article about the album. No obvious WP:ATD since it's a collaboration between two bands. UnregisteredBiohazard talk to me 03:02, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Maybe Pig Destroyer discography since that band has a majority of the album, is the one that has a chronology box and a discography page that includes this album? Katzrockso (talk) 03:14, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete: A redirect would be unhelpful to readers in this situation per WP:XY:

    Redirects…that could equally point to multiple targets are commonly deleted, as there is no way to determine which topic a reader is searching for. In these cases, search results may be more helpful, allowing the reader to make the decision.

    Left guide (talk) 05:37, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Striking "delete" !vote in light of sources presented below. I can't vouch for their reliability, but want to allow others a chance to review, and don't want to stand in the way of consensus. Left guide (talk) 22:24, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak keep per WP:SPINOFF, as there is nowhere to put the information without duplicating it, with this article serving as a good reference to the album from the other bands on the split itself. I would generally say this should be merged however there is nowhere for this to go. Debatably weakly notable per the non exhaustive small list of sources i found, unless I'm missing something. With any inherited notability from the two bands, I'd say it's good enough for mainspace, with work. [2][3] [4] [5] [6] [7] DarmaniLink (talk) 18:58, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete for failing WP:GNG and WP:NALBUM or redirect to Pig Destroyer discography. We shouldn't keep something just because it's hard to choose a redirect target. The sources aren't there to justify a stand alone page.4meter4 (talk) 00:16, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was redirect to Operación Triunfo (Argentine TV series). (non-admin closure) Left guide (talk) 21:46, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Claudio Basso

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A biography of a living person article that was started in 2006, and has no real sourcing (besides discog). It has been tagged "BLP source" since March 2019. Claims to be a noted musician but I am not finding sources, this article fails WP:GNG. PigeonChickenFish (talk) 22:12, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect to Reba McEntire albums discography#Compilation albums. (non-admin closure) Left guide (talk) 17:34, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Reba McEntire

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Fails WP:NALBUM; no notability aside from one review from AllMusic. The album did chart, but charts are not an automatic golden ticket to notability. Suggesting a redirect to Reba McEntire albums discography. UnregisteredBiohazard talk to me 18:07, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 00:28, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sean Taylor (Singer-Songwriter)

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Note: The article previously deleted as the outcome of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Taylor (singer-songwriter) was certainly not identical to the current article, but it was broadly similar. The current article has fewer references than that one, but I have not checked their quality. Nor have I reviewed the reasons for deletion in that discussion to assess whether they still apply, but participants in this discussion may like to do so. JBW (talk) 14:51, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't appear to meet criteria for WP:MUSICBIO or WP:SINGER. I did search for additional resources or information but could only find this: https://www.irishpost.com/entertainment/ten-minutes-with-sean-taylor-274568 Where it states he's been nominated for awards. Se7enNationArmy2024 (talk) 16:33, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) — moved to Sean Taylor (singer-songwriter) — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 16:57, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discography, awards, media and more references are added to the article, so keep it. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bodoklecksel (talk • contribs) 17:11, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fairly confident that being runner up for an award does not establish notability. I did minor fixes to the citations and information you added. My initial thoughts on the article are the same. He may have a promising career ahead of him, but I don't think notability is established. That's why I nominated the article rather than requesting speedy deletion though. Lets let the discussion play out. Se7enNationArmy2024 (talk) 18:02, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are over two decades of international touring, festivals etc., opening act for numerous famous folk-, blues- and rockmusicians, publishing regular albums in collaboration with notable producers, reviews in many european musicmagazins... I think, there are many aspects to approve, that this professional songwriter is relevant and this article should stay in wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bodoklecksel (talk • contribs) 21:13, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete I (successfully) nominated it for deletion last time round and am really disappointed to see it back with so little change, especially as its last incarnation had a WP:COI problem, being written by the subject itself. Comes nowhere near meeting WP:SINGER. I would like to know how the creator of this article became aware of its subject. Orange sticker (talk) 15:14, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Move to Sean Taylor (singer-songwriter) first then DELETE so that both Articles for deletion discussions are linked to at the same talk pages if anyone tries to make this page again. 147.161.236.94 (talk) 15:39, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Complex/Rational 21:26, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

King & Queen (group)

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No WP:SIGCOV available. The only passing mention I could find was one of their songs mentioned in this Master's thesis. De-prodded by User:Calathan in 2012. No obvious redirect target. Suriname0 (talk) 20:18, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus. I don't see a consensus emerging here after another week. Liz Read! Talk! 23:15, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Music on demand

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Feels redundant to music streaming service. Tone is a bit off, and working this into music streaming service with inline citations may be better. ViperSnake151  Talk  22:00, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep. Strong oppose deletion. This may be an old term, but it is still in use and is an encyclopedic one and we should cover it. Further this term is not synonymous with streaming. Streaming refers to a delivery method for multimedia (ie an Applications of distributed computing) where as "music on-demand" is a business model which uses streaming (but also downloading). They are related but not the same. Napster for example was a music-on-demand business that did not use streaming technology; only downloading technology. Note that this source and this source defines music-on-demand as encompassing both streaming and downloading music so it actually a larger topic than streaming. The distinction is also discussed in this book which discusses the difference between live streaming and on-demand platforms. This is important because laws have been built around this broader category governing copyright infringement over the internet. The history of the internet and music streaming/downloading would reasonably cover this term. Here is an entire book devoted to this topic using this language: Haller, Albrecht (2001). Music on Demand: Internet, Abrufdienste und Urheberrecht. Orac. ISBN 9783700714729. PBS still uses the term for its coverage of music streaming. Government documents (and laws around streaming) (for example) use the term. The term gets used in academic publications on the music business and digital media and not just in the early internet era but in the last decade including in 2025. See for example [10], [11], [12], and [13], [14], [15].4meter4 (talk) 03:24, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I've had a quick look through some of these sources, as well as some of my own. I don't get a sense of a stable definition or concept. For instance, this book says "The broadcast and on-demand models are governed by different rules, but they share one important feature: neither depends on downloading files or finding storage space on a personal computer." This seems to contradict your definition of MOD being a catch-all for downloading and streaming. Vladimir.copic (talk) 22:32, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There are probably some variations across countries. Overall I think I accurately reflected the predominant view in the literature. Regardless, that hardly discredits this as not deserving of an article.4meter4 (talk) 19:35, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per above, conflation with streaming services serves to suggest this is redundant or somehow a duplicate topic when that isn't the case. It covers a concept that was more broadly prominent in the 2000s and replaced by streaming, rather than being the same thing. And there's no overall article for on-demand distribution as far as I can tell (this seems like an oversight). While the article could use improvement, it's not unsourced and this shouldn't really serve as grounds for deletion. KaisaL (talk) 01:57, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep As per the arguments from 4Meter4 and KaisaL. But also, as a matter of policy, halo effects like tone and marginal inline citations are specifically matters for editing, and not for AfD nominations. Even “redundancy” is a marginal reason, as long as there is some basic difference between treatments of the subjects of the articles, such that the articles are not mostly direct copies - and there is enough difference between “Music on Demand” and “streaming” (as those of us who were adults in the 90s will remember) to warrant seperate articles. Absurdum4242 (talk) 05:04, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Original research with no footnoting or clarity on what in the sources supports the content. Stifle (talk) 16:31, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Redirect to Music streaming service. Looks like this was created in 2006 in anticipation of what became music streaming. That article was probably unknowingly created in 2009 when this could have been filled out and moved. The above make good points, but this looks like a fork of music streaming, which is a better article. So a redirect would solve every concern and preserve this page content and history. ←Metallurgist (talk) 02:45, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As explained earlier music on demand involves other types of applications other than streaming. Not all music on demand businesses used streaming technology, so redirecting there is not appropriate.4meter4 (talk) 02:16, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Liz Read! Talk! 23:03, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of music videos featuring nudity

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Fails WP:NLIST and WP:INDISCRIMINATE. First of all, BLP nightmare. So much stuff is NOT cited, and there are clear examples of things that don't even count as nudity. Second, this really isn't a relevant list topic. INDISCRIMINATE to a tea. Also full of WP:OR. I get that AfD is not cleanup BTW, but other than not being notable, claiming musicians are swimming around naked without a source probably isn't very BLP friendly. jolielover♥talk 14:24, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(Delete per nom. monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 21:33, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete per the other deleters. This is a WP:LISTCRIT nightmare as a quick glance through the current state of the list will attest to. Exactly what counts as "nudity" is far from clear. I'd further oppose a merge to the "Depictions of nudity" article, since that already has a noteworthy example, and adding much more would certainly be UNDUE. It might be possible to write a proper standalone article about "nudity in music videos" or whatever, on its own, but this list isn't even a start on that. 35.139.154.158 (talk) 19:10, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 06:24, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Denman

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Bass player that does not seem to be notable outside of membership of Sade. Prod declined due to many incoming links from Sade related articles. I think the Bass Player source is strong, but I cannot find additional sourcing that contributes notability to push the subject past WP:GNG. Mbdfar (talk) 22:38, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom Thanks, 🇪🇭🇵🇸🇸🇩 Easternsahara 🇪🇭🇵🇸🇸🇩 03:16, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep I think there is a good argument here that Sweetback is its own separate band. It has its own news coverage away from Sade (such as [16], [17], ); although it is often lumped in scholarly works like here. Some of the newspaper sources I added had lengthy focus on Paul Denman. Overall I think there's enough here for a stand alone article.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 4meter4 (talk • contribs) 28 October 2025
  • Keep per 4meter4 this is at least enough to pass WP:MUSICBIO. Iljhgtn (talk) 19:30, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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