Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/B-Tight

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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) Atlantic306 (talk) 22:42, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

B-Tight

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The only reference on this article is an AllMusic biography. My WP:BEFORE turned up virtually nothing. Also see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/B-Tight discography. MediaKyle (talk) 22:41, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Germany. MediaKyle (talk) 22:41, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 01:28, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: The German article has sources, but I haven't looked at them yet Schützenpanzer (Talk) 01:40, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: per user:MediaKyle no WP:RS Variety312 (talk) 23:25, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: I usually don't comment like this, but there has to be offline coverage for B-Tight. Back then in the 2000s there was a magazine, Bravo Hiphop Special [de], covering the hip-hop music scene in Germany; with Tight being part of Aggro Berlin at that time and the prominence of fellow Aggro Berlin rapper Sido, i'd be surprised if there wasn't coverage out there.
  Some online digging turned up: a review of B-Tight and Tony D's "Heisse Ware " which charted in Germany in 2005; a review of B-Tights "Neger Neger", which charted in Germany in 2007, apparently also in Austria and Switzerland; a review of B-Tight's "Goldständer", which charted in Germany in 2008 and apparently also in Switzerland; coverage of the disputes between B-Tight and Germanys Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien, tagesspiegel 2007, laut.de 2007, bz 2012, coverage of the "Blutzbrüdaz" movie starring Sido and B-Tight, Rheinische Post 2011, Weser Kurier 2011, not sigcov. All in all, B-Tight might pass WP:NMUSIC. And if not, a WP:ATD redirect to Aggro Berlin is also possible. Nyamo Kurosawa (talk) 13:15, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Comment: if these are indeed WP:RS, please insert them in the article where appropriate. Thanks.Variety312 (talk) 17:27, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: German Wikipedia's sourcing isn't as strong as ours but they do confirm that he has charted in the top 100 multiple times in the German charts. Someone also wrote an analysis about his rapping style and racism and identity, though it seems you'd have to buy it to access it.
  Hagen-Jeske, Ina (2016-07-11). Zu Weiss Fur Die Schwarzen Und Zu Schwarz Fur Die Weissen: Der Kunstlerische Umgang Mit Identitat, Rassismus Und Hybriditat Bei Samy Deluxe Und B-Tight [Too White for the Blacks and Too Black for the Whites: The Artistic Approach to Identity, Racism and Hybridity in Samy Deluxe and B-Tight] (in German). Tectum. ISBN 3828837662.
  This plus the coverage above makes this a keep for me. Schützenpanzer (Talk) 17:14, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Pass on WP:MUSICBIO, including multiple verified national charting, and secondary coverage identified. Note: Staff Bio on Allmusic counts as an WP:RSMUSIC. Further note - I have !voted in the seperate discography article AfD that it be be merged and redirected to this one. ResonantDis_tortion 21:41, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: with the book found by Schützenpanzer and the chart placements, keep it is as a WP:MUSICBIO pass. Nyamo Kurosawa (talk) 12:00, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Per WP:MUSICBIO and Schützenpanzer’s point about German Wikipedia sourcing. Brickto (talk) 01:26, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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