Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bekey Mills

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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 09:01, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bekey Mills[edit]

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I don't believe that his award nominations are enough to pass WP:NMUSICIAN nor is winning the Graz African Pathfinders Award. The citations used are very brief press releases (e.g. "Bekey Mills is due to release xxx", which is not the sort of coverage that establishes notability) or, in some cases, coverage from non WP:RS. A lot of the coverage appears to be paid-for. Despite all this promotion, he has almost no views on any of his videos, nobody is listening to him on Spotify and he has very few followers on his social media accounts. A WP:BEFORE search did not yield anything better than the sources already presented. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:18, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:18, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ghana-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:18, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Austria-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:18, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete not even close to meeting the inclusion criteria for musicians.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:23, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article meets the criteria for musicians. Reasons given by user Spiderone are baseless and unfunded.

Bekey Mills has no articles written are that are paid for articles user spiderone kindly provide your evidence on this baseless remarks.

His Facebook and Instagram page has above 2k organic followers.

His Spotify year wrapped up he had over 56 countries listening to his songs.

His YouTube videos has suppassed over 10,000 views. This page should be maintained for user spiderone is just a hater and has no concrete evidence of his points raised. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.118.177.230 (talk) 11:48, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please tell me which criterion under WP:NMUSICIAN he meets. 10 000 views on YouTube and 2k followers on Facebook is neither impressive nor notable. The sources used are clearly not neutral so are promotional and, even if we did assume that they were not paid-for, not one of them actually shows significant coverage. Routine announcements about releasing a song are not significant coverage. Ever. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:46, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds like something a hater would say!^[FBDB] ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:13, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy to be called a hater in that case. :p Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:36, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We're not haters, we're dislikers of incompetent music managers who try to use Wikipedia for promoting their unknown amateur clients. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 23:15, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No coverage in any reliable sources, and he can only be found in the completely typical African paid promotion services that reprint his management's press releases. Purely in promotional mode so far. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 16:12, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per all of the above. No need to type it out again. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:56, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Maintain upon all your arguments on Bekey Mills you guys have still not been able to prove that Bekey Mills is not a musician. That is the core fact why this page should not be deleted. All the articles which are about him are not paid promotions. It is very clear on Google that Bekey Mills is a musician based on google search. That qualifies him to have this page and not be deleted. With maximum respect it a single thing written in his biography are lies rather they are truth and are backed by articles Google provides. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akbek Entertainment (talk • contribs) 05:43, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

— Note to closing admin: Akbek Entertainment (talk • contribs) appears to have a close connection with the subject of the article being discussed.

— Akbek Entertainment (talk · contribs) has only contributed to the article(s) under discussion for deletion and this XFD page. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 23:21, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sure he's a musician, but that is not a qualification for Wikipedia. Being noticed outside of his and your promotional campaigns is the qualification. See the guidelines at WP:NMUSICIAN, WP:PROMOTION, and WP:EXIST, none of which Mr. Mills passes. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:32, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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