Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paper Boi

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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 08:50, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Paper Boi

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No evidence found of notability, no reliable sources actually give any significant attention to Paper Boi. Fram (talk) 09:42, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Nigeria. Fram (talk) 09:42, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not enough in-depth coverage from independent reliable sources to pass WP:GNG.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 10:34, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Clearly fails WP:GNG; WP:MUSICBIO, references incidental, passing, irrelevant even. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:15, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I’m not voting on the deletion of this article. Everything was written with good citations from independent news sources, artists do not have to work with other notable artists before they can become notable in their country or have an article on Wikipedia, what is important about notability is having recognised and covered by independent news sources under wikipedia guidelines .

This singer met number one criteria of Wiki:criteria for musicians which states Musicians or ensembles may be notable if they meet at least one of the following criteria.

Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable, not self-published, and are independent of the musician or ensemble itself.
- This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, online versions of print media, and television documentaries.

The nominator should understand that not every article on Wikipedia is meant for deletion, some may be stubs Wikipedia:Stub and can be improved with time as musicians or ensembles status and credibility improves, that was why wikipedia stated in Wiki:criteria for musicians "Musicians or ensembles must meet either one of the following criteria", meaning they do not have to meet all criterias listed before they can be notable, they may meet some and others with time. He should also learn to help improve articles not only nominate articles for deletion, that makes a good editor. Clexiiii (talk) 00:02 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Well, a "good editor" wouldn't use this article as a source for your article on Paper Boi, as the "Paper Boi" in that New Yorker article is obviously someone completely different. And is not a one-off mistake, this article from The Ringer is about the different Paper Boi as well. And then of course there are the many sources that don't even mention Paper Boi, like this one. But sure, lecture me about what makes a good editor or what the criteria are to keep an article. Fram (talk) 08:07, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, I shouldn't blame brand new SPA User:Clexiiii for the mistakes by SPA User:Cluxer25 who made these errors, silly me to confuse these two editors. Fram (talk) 08:10, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Glad to see Fram has taken the lesson on board and is suitably chastened. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:37, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — covert UPE. Entity does not meet the general notability guidelines for a Wikipedia nor the SNG for a musician. Best, Reading Beans (talk) 19:40, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:UPE and WP:Notability Qwv (talk) 21:56, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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