Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Excelbeats

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The result was delete. v/r - T P 13:53, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Excelbeats

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~~A non-notable musician that fails the relevant guideline.~~ No reliable sources could be found by me. This was a contested PROD. -- $Σ talk contribs$ 04:39, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Excelbeats is a relevant producer/artist if you take a look at the information provided in the article which i am touching up on you can see that this is a real producer artist with real qualifications to be apart of wikipedias database .. also by looking at the external links and checking other articles such as uni5:the worlds enemy excelbeats is credited to creating the first single for a grammy award winning group. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobbbbylove (talk • contribs) 05:33, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are plenty of reliable sources that can verify the article excelbeats if you check the links below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_Me_Shine
http://www.theblendartists.com/excel-beats.php
http://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_1134147?sel_photo_id=3721967 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobbbbylove (talk • contribs) 05:58, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I love Excelbeats.. i worked really hard getting all his info together for this wiki article there is no reason to terminate my article he deserves to be searchable on your platform--206.29.182.250 (talk) 07:44, 27 August 2011 (UTC)— 206.29.182.250 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Delete - can't find any WP:Reliable sources for the claims of notability made per WP:MUSICBIO, nor any significant coverage online from WP:Reliable sources. Can't find any mention of him on the RBC records site, or in the YouTube clip cited. WP:Sockpuppetry by the creator and repeated removal of the AFD tag by the sockpuppets is not making this discussion any easier. Gurt Posh (talk) 07:56, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — Gongshow ^Talk 22:31, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. — Gongshow ^Talk 22:32, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No significant coverage. MikeWazowski (talk) 15:50, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

at this point i have added more than enough evidence and significant coverage to the Excelbeats article. I Placed proper verifiable references and there is even a photo with Excelbeats and Dr.Dre in the studio together. There is also a photo of Excelbeats performing along with other links. The page has been orginised and no longer contains errors. The last thing i have to say is that there has also been other people editing my article other than myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.228.213.151 (talk) 20:48, 28 August 2011 (UTC) — 198.228.213.151 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

I dont understand why this is even a debate at this point. I have given you reliable sources a great Bio section and yeah there is no mention of Excel on the RBC site but i can post The itunes link that shows RBC distributed his song.. Excelbeats was apart of a group in 2008 and he wrote and produced a song called Lean'n which RBC sold to the masses and here is the itunes link look under the release date and you will see RBC records http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/leann-single/id293421317 .. oh and i only removed the AFD tag because i thought this was debate was settled. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.228.213.151 (talk) 21:02, 28 August 2011 (UTC) — 198.228.213.151 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

this link also shows the song was released by RBC.It shows that Brian Whittaker aka Excelbeats is one of the writers on the song and that it was featured on a major motion picture release http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433108/soundtrack

Delete - No coverage in reliable sources to establish notability. -- Whpq (talk) 16:36, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
""DONT delete"" there is coverage in reliable sources to establish notability — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.149.38.69 (talk) 05:29, 30 August 2011 (UTC) — 98.149.38.69 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
- Commnet - Perhaps you can point out some of them to us. Simply stating they exist isn't helpful. -- Whpq (talk) 10:02, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - DONT delete perhaps you can look at the link,references and bio on this article compared to some artists Excelbeats is much more qualified to be on here but you allow them without giving them hassle.. Excelbeats produced a record for a grammy award winning group that sold over 50 million records worldwide that should be enough but even then still i show you proof that excel is a legitimate full time music producer/artist by adding the imdb link and the rbc link .. Excelbeats is a growing producer artist and is starting to make a name for himself and deserves to have his own wiki article.. at this point it seems like youre trying to bully me off of here when I have given you more than enough material to show excelbeats qualifies for this site.there must be some kind of favoritism or some other kind of discrimination going on when a legitimate person cant be treated equally amongst his peers and co workers--98.149.38.69 (talk) 12:17, 30 August 2011 (UTC)— 98.149.38.69 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
    - Reply - I did look at the references in the article. They are not reliable sources. The existence of other articles which may or may not meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria isn't relevant. Nobody is trying to bully you off Wikipedia. However, sourcing is a must, especially for biographies of living people, and at this point the sourcing is not acceptable, and does not establish that the inclusion criteria is met. In particular, as of this version, the sources are:
      1. Another wikipedia article (not a reliable source)
      2. An itunes link (not significant coverage, and not independent)
      3. A sales chart shich makes no mention of Excelbeats (not significant coverage)
      4. An album review on DJBooth (probably not a reliable source, and not significant coverage as Excel is just a passing mention)
      5. An IMDB link (the link is broken, and should be [1]. IMDB is not a reliable source, and credits aren't significant coverage)
    - What is needed are things like newspaper or magazine articles written about him, or which feature him prominently. Are you aware of any such coverage? That is the sort of coverage that would satisfy the inclusion criteria and help keep this article on Wikipedia. -- Whpq (talk) 13:15, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just because other non-notable articles exist isn't a reason to keep a new non-notable article. If you have found an article that also fails the notability guidelines, give me the link and I'll nominate them for deletion. -- $Σ talk contribs$ 22:46, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- - - - okay Excel was in music connection magazine http://musicconnection.com/amp/Excel it was physically and digitally distributed and was an article which featured him prominently.--98.149.38.69 (talk) 20:33, 30 August 2011 (UTC)— 98.149.38.69 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
        That is not an article. It's a profile. Anybody can submit their profile to that site. -- Whpq (talk) 11:34, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I've had my delete comment above deleted twice now by two separate single-purpose IP editors. Disagree if you want, but DO NOT remove other editors' comments from this page. MikeWazowski (talk) 02:41, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

i noticed excelbeats had this notice on his page .ive been following his career for years now and i would hate to see his article get taken down. he deserves it and the world should know who this young man is he is on the road to changing the whole music industry.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.149.38.69 (talk) 06:45, 31 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, Sandstein 07:36, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: AfD semiprotected to prevent disruption. Sandstein 07:37, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - None of the sources provided suggest notability. ItsZippy (talk) 19:09, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable individual. --Cameron Scott (talk) 08:55, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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