Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ray Ruffin

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The result was delete. Courcelles 16:46, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ray Ruffin

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This article is about a musical artist / producer that asserts notability, but it is not backed up with references. There's a information that I had to remove (see diff) as it was a copyvio taken from the subject's facebook page. In any case, that text was highly promotional, full of name-dropping, and covered the successes of the subject's uncle and father which is not relevant to notability per WP:NOTINHERITED. I searched for sourcing and could find no significant coverage in reliable sources that would establish notability. The assertion of a Brit Award is unsubstantiated, and in particular, List of BRIT Awards ceremonies doesn't seem to support the assertion. Whpq (talk) 13:17, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:34, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:27, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Saw this originally as a part of Wikipedia:Unreferenced BLP Rescue, and though I was able to add a source to verify his basic identity, I could not confirm much of the content. The nomination is well-taken.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 19:23, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - It was PRODed at Aug 3, but I contested the PROD based on the assertion of the awards. I thought the BRIT Award would establish notability. I did spend quite some time searching before I came to the conclusion that the claim for the award is bogus. -- Whpq (talk) 20:31, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If there's any proof of it, perhaps the IP editor trying to re-puff the article right now will tell us!--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 20:59, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Unable to find significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject of this BLP. Does not appear to meet MUSICBIO or GNG. J04n(talk page) 21:08, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per J04n. I'm not finding any significant coverage; fails to satisfy WP:MUSICBIO at this time. Gongshow ^Talk 06:23, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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