Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Don Seabolt

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 soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:19, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Don Seabolt[edit]

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This Gospel singer/songwriter appears to fall short of WP:GNG and WP:NMUSIC. The Blue Ridge Quartet and Prophets Quartet are certainly notable; both have entries in Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music which list Seabolt as a member. However, the Donnie Seabolt Band is not included in that book, and I could not locate any coverage elsewhere which would establish notability for his band or him as an individual. There is passing coverage (e.g. announcements of tour dates) in local Pennsylvania papers and this column which reads as if it were a press release. As for the Gospel Music Halls of Fame, I found only this bare listing of 2016 inductees for South Carolina. I could not verify the Pennsylvania HoF induction. The article has been tagged for notability for over a decade. Jfire (talk) 05:44, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians, Music, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. Jfire (talk) 05:44, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I spent the last day and a half looking for evidence of the article subject’s notability, starting the moment I saw this nomination, and unfortunately I found none that would satisfy WP:GNG. Serratra (talk) 05:58, 29 January 2023 (UTC) (sock strike Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:16, 5 February 2023 (UTC))[reply]

Thanks for the support, but it's not possible that you spent the last day and a half looking for evidence of the article subject’s notability, starting the moment [you] saw this nomination, because you commented less than 15 minutes after it was first posted. Jfire (talk) 06:07, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:16, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per plagiarism, because with one source, it's just a copy. See also WP:SOURCESMUSTEXIST. If the closing admin feels it's appropriate, I would not oppose a redirect to Blue Ridge Quartet. Bearian (talk) 19:27, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.