Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/W.I.Z.

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The result was no consensus. -- RoySmith (talk) 12:04, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

W.I.Z.

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no story of importance to see - blp complaint that the name is WIZ, nothing to see there also - Mosfetfaser (talk) 14:12, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I think this [1] hints at notability, but it´s not enough by itself. It´s a little tricky to know which is the right WIZ. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:34, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Another, but less valid, source: [2]. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:54, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Three of the four external links in this article are defunct. The supporters of this article should try to get the page's sources improved. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:27, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No argument there. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:34, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete I´ve googled a bit, and the best I could find was the MTV article, [3]. That surprised me a little, considering how many videos/songs with their own WP-articles we say he directed. I´m happy to reconsider if there are more/better sources. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:25, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This calls him "One of the biggest names in British music videos" and suggests that he has won multiple awards (as does this). Here's a Music week article confirming one of the awards mentioned. This is pretty good as well. A Google search for Wiz "factory films" or Wiz "oil factory" does confirm many of the credits for the videos claimed, even if it doesn't turn up much in the way of material talking directly about him. I think there's enough there. His name, incidentally, appears to be "WIZ" (without the periods) in most sources. Black Kite (talk) 21:52, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Those are more sources, perhaps Music Week is closest to reliable. The Music Week site have some promising search-hits: [4]. BTW, Wiz is a disambiguationpage, should he then be "WIZ (music video director)? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:48, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 00:12, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment the U.K. Music Video Awards do not seem to be notable awards. Is there evidence to the contrary? --Bejnar (talk) 04:55, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, they have a WP-article, but that is also unsourced. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:12, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Michig (talk) 06:44, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It's unfortunate that, currently, there are no higher profile or notable sources of information on this director, as his body of work is impressive. At the very least, the page should be kept from breaking the links on all the song articles that mention his direction of their respective music videos. Down10 ^TACO 03:21, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don´t think that´s a good reason for keeping the article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:18, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete it is too bad, given his claimed body of work, that more interest has not been taken of him in reliable publications. His awards do not seem to be notable either. There does seem to be a "nest" of involving Promo News, David Knight and the U.K. Music Video Awards that seeks to promote certain videos which are not otherwise recognized as notable. --Bejnar (talk) 17:07, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep – In addition to what Black Kite found, I found (not available online) an article about him: Smarts, Gordon (22 April 2009). "WIZ kid behind Kasabian cover: bizarre", The Sun, p. 18. It refers to him as "Top photographer and video director Andrew Whiston, a.k.a. WIZ". Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 22:17, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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