- 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 keep. (non-admin closure) Dclemens1971 (talk) 11:47, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
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Fails all ramifications of WP:COMPOSER or WP:NMUSICIAN. The nominations are not exclusive and so do not inherently confer both guidelines I just mentioned.
Citation 1 from marginally reliable Vanguard with no substantial coverage.
Citation 2 from the same marginally reliable source is utterly unreliable as it lacks a byline and does not provide any useful information.
Citation 3 lacks a byline and is only 104 words, no substantial coverage.
Citation 4 does not only lack a byline, it is definitely a sponsored piece.
Citations 5, 6, and 14 are the usual nomination lists.
Citations 7 and 8 has nothing to offer to this subject's passing of WP:GNG.
Citations 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 provide no substantial coverage about this subject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:01, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Bands and musicians, and Nigeria. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:01, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
- I do not agree that this article fails all ramifications of WP:NMUSICIAN, as subject has:
- "Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart". | "the highest new entry this week on Top Albums at #4. BILLION DOLLAR DREAM by Jeriq is the biggest winner, moving up by 57 slots to #21."[1][2]
- The Subject's notoriety can be supported by [3], from a notable magazine with a byline, and is named in some Wikipedia articles including Igbo music where he is referenced as one of the "Notable Igbo musicians."
- 2. "Has won or been nominated for a major music award". The Headies being a major music award in Nigeria and Africa has nominated the subject twice, as the links to the nominations has tried to prove. These nominations are seen in The Headies 2023 and the award's website [4] Chukwukadibia1 (talk) 19:16, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
- I do not agree that this article fails all ramifications of WP:NMUSICIAN, as subject has:
- Keep I find I cannot agree with this nomination; subject appears to meet WP:MUSICBIO. Further to the verified notable award nominations (it is not clear from the nom why they do not count), and the several above citations (which include a secondary analysis in a reliable source the subject "has been making waves in the Nigerian music scene with his hit singles and collaborations" [5]), there is further coverage including Billboard charting, Billboard critical coverage, concert review in an WP:RSNG source, and the subject had a cover feature on the WP:RSNG TurnTableCharts magazine with a sigcov bylined intro. ResonantDistortion 17:14, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment- some of the above sourcing has been added to the article now, including the charting citation, and also a critics end of year "best of" list for Rolling Stone magazine. Some copyediting and tidying up done too. ResonantDistortion 20:01, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: This was nominated in November 2024: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeriq. Best, Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 08:57, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
- Note to closer. During this AfD the article has been moved from JeriQ to Jeriq. ResonantDistortion 19:57, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
- Pinging the participants of the November 2024 discussion to see if anything has changed... @Versace1608, @Bearian, @Ibjaja055. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:22, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- You did a good job, ResonantDistortion, but sorry, it doesn't add a pinch of salt of WP:GNG for the subject. Firstly, for the charting, NMUSICIAN says that "Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart" (emphasis mine). Not only is the Billboard chart entry being not a single, ("Oganigwe" by Zlatan featuring Odumodublvck and Jeriq), Billboard is not Nigerian's national music chart. Plus, if the song charted No. 47 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs, it didn't really chart to confer notability on who was featured, nope, it didn't. This Afrobeats Fresh Picks also has the same issue, provides nothing to establish the mentioned notability on Jeriq.
- I also cannot comprehend why you do not find the way this article was created deceptively concerning, This, then how it was moved to the supposedly correct title.
- Again, "Nyem Ego" is another feature. Below is my analysis of the sources you added so far. This, coupled with my above analysis makes it evident that Jeriq is not yet a notable musician.
| Source | Independent? | Reliable? | Significant coverage? | Count source toward GNG? |
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| ~ The ridiculously promotional nature of this piece is a clear sign | ~ Ditto |  Provide literally no substantial coverage about the subject.
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✘ No | |
Reflecting on the concert’s significance, JeriQ told Saturday Beats,..., clearly not. |
~ Ditto | Provide literally no substantial coverage about the subject.
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✘ No | |
| An interview...
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...while not entirely prohibited, cannot be the base on a subject's notability.
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 Ditto
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✘ No | |
| This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}. | ||||
- That it's not a Nigerian chart is not relevant, and neither is the fact it's a collaboration. Jeriq, evidently a major contributor to the piece of music, still has featured in the top 50 of a reliable chart aggregator, contributing to WP:MUSICBIO#2. He has been nominated, as a solo artist, twice for a notable national award which is WP:VERIFIED, and contributes to WP:MUSICBIO#8. At least two collaborative works with different artists have achieved non-trivial critical "best of" selections in independent sources, contributing to WP:MUSICBIO#1. The article in TurnTableCharts magazine (a website listed as a WP-reliable Nigerian source) is not only a curated interview but includes notability-supporting journalistic bylined non-trivial biographical information contributing to WP:MUSICBIO#1 (per WP:INTERVIEW). The nature of the page creation is irrelevant to the notability of the subject; for the record I have updated the article to try and improve it. Overall, the evidence points to the subject meeting the relevant notability guideline, and therefore I maintain my position to keep. ResonantDistortion 16:56, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- Weak keep. The subject's debut album, Billion Dollar Dream, was critically reviewed by Afrocritik and The Native. He has received two nominations at The Headies. As previously pointed out, he charted on a Billboard chart as a guest act. These three reasons should be good enough for a weak keep. When I previously nominated the article, I didn't see reviews of his debut album in reliable sources. I also didn't see his nominations at The Headies. Perhaps I could have done a more in-depth search but preliminary search results didn't show reliable coverage at the time. The article contains a few promotional wording and definitely needs to be cleaned up. Versace1608 Wanna Talk? 17:39, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 02:58, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Thank you to Versace1608 for identifying further sigcov sourcing - album reviews [6] and [7]. I have added these citations to the article. ResonantDistortion 09:10, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
- Keep: Per ResonantDistortion, Jeriq has received two nominations for The Headies, which is like the biggest award event in nigeria satisfying WP:MUSICBIO#8. Additionally, the coverage presented by ResonantDistortion is sufficient to meet WP:GNG.Afro 📢Talk! 16:27, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CR (talk) 10:26, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
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