Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerony (Musician)

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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:09, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Gerony (Musician)

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This musician does not meet our notability criteria for WP:GNG nor WP:NMUSICIAN. All the references are either trivial name-check mentions, music download sites, fan-uploaded YouTube videos, primary sources (the musician's own YouTube videos), or do not mention him at all. One award that he supposedly won does not mention him at all. It does not appear that significant coverage in reliable sources exist for this musician. See source assessment table.

**Source assessment table:**
Source	Independent?	Reliable?	Significant coverage?	Count source toward GNG?
musicbrainz	User submitted content	Name checks in user-submitted content website where artists can create an account	name check only (trivial coverage	✘ No
AaceHypez	? Music download site	Not a reliable source	trivial mention of his name on a music download site	✘ No
Youtube	YouTube, anyone can upload to YouTube	Not reliable, does not contribute to notability	music video	✘ No
St. Johns, Canada	City in Canada website	It's a city site, like the Chamber of Commerce	Doesn't mention the artist at all. Fake citation, no mention of award or artist.	✘ No
Ghana Classic	Music download site/blog	? not a reference	Name check only on a music download site	✘ No
Zack Nation	music download site	? not a reference	name check, music download site	✘ No
Hip Radar	? music download site	not a reference	name check only, music download site	✘ No
Zack Nation	music download site	not a reference	name check only, music download site	✘ No
You Tube	User uploaded	does not contribute to notability, not a reference	YouTube of him on his religion	✘ No
YouTube	User uploaded video	not a reference	It's a fan YouTube	✘ No
YouTube	user uploaded YouTube video	not a reference	YouTube uploaded by the artist	✘ No
Kumikasa	? ?	? ?	Fake reference for an award that he did not receive, does not mention him at all	✘ No
NYDJ Live.com	? ? Unclear if this is a music blog	? ?	name listed as a nominee	✘ No
OkayAfrica	? ?	? ?	Does not mention him at all	✘ 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}}.

Netherzone (talk) 01:50, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note:: Article is now at Gerony due to multiple confusing redirects by creator (now blocked). Netherzone (talk) 15:27, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Bands and musicians, Music, and Ghana. Netherzone (talk) 01:50, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. No WP:SIGCOV, sources are poor or even misleading, and I couldn't find anything else online. I really like the source table, though. Toadspike (talk) 02:50, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Note that the article's creator has moved the article to new titles a couple of times in the last few hours, and it is now sitting at simply Gerony. It looks like the creator also moved it out of the Draft system inappropriately. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:11, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and clean up the redirects too (see comment above). Let's be charitable with too soon. The article is a pretty shameless attempt at promoting a rapper who is just getting started, with a biography that inflates his minor achievements in a desperate stretch for notability. As one example, he got nominated for an award at his school, and the article includes a citation to the website of a Canadian city that has the same name as the school. Nice try, but I highly doubt that an unknown rapper from Ghana has been honored by the civic leaders of St. John's, Newfoundland. His other awards are just local vanity competitions with no media notice. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:21, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps in a few years after there is significant coverage there will be enough for an article on this musician; I agree that it may be a case of TOOSOON. Netherzone (talk) 14:55, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment to @Doomsdayer520, when I nominated it, it was Gerony (Musician), do you think I should I add the Gerony article and Gerony (Rapper) redirect page to this AfD nom above? Netherzone (talk) 15:00, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Netherzone - See Liz's comment below. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 23:48, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Netherzone (talk) 00:49, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just FYI, Netherzone, most admins use XFDCloser to close deletion discussions and if the decision is to Delete, the XFDCloser will also delete talk pages and any relevant redirects that point to the deleted article. So, there is no need to tag these pages for deletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:37, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this info Liz, I was wondering about that. I've only used XFDCloser once, maybe twice (for non-controversial closes), so this is good information to know. Netherzone (talk) 02:01, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I moved the article back to its original title as a page move during an AFD really confuses XFDCloser when it is time to close this discussion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:32, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom's source assessment, nothing else to add Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:32, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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