Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toby Shang
- 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 speedy delete. CSD G5. Liz Read! Talk! 21:37, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
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Unable to locate WP:THREE in the article. Fails GNG DavidEfraim (talk) 13:39, 26 August 2022 (UTC) WP:SOCKSTRIKE. ✗plicit 05:26, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Nigeria. DavidEfraim (talk) 13:39, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - Note that his name is sometimes spelled "Tobyshang". Either way, he's a hypeman who hypes himself in the usual Nigerian self-upload sites and webzines that recycle his own promo announcements. We don't need more of that here. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 12:48, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
- You have a point but saying "...usual Nigerian self-upload sites..." sounded stereotypical. HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:34, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
- Big deal. If you peruse the AfD archives you can see that we've been through this dozens (maybe hundreds) of times with unknown musicians from that particular country. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:33, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
- doomsdayer520, you could say the exact same thing, sharing your wealth of experience, without being so dismissive. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 05:40, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
- I learn something new every day. For example, I did not know that a self-upload site can have its feelings hurt. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:25, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
- doomsdayer520, you could say the exact same thing, sharing your wealth of experience, without being so dismissive. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 05:40, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
- Big deal. If you peruse the AfD archives you can see that we've been through this dozens (maybe hundreds) of times with unknown musicians from that particular country. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:33, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
- You have a point but saying "...usual Nigerian self-upload sites..." sounded stereotypical. HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:34, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
- 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.