Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Ambassador (rapper)

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 no consensus to delete. W.marsh 14:03, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Ambassador (rapper)[edit]

this article fails to establish WP:MUSIC standards, and is unsourced including info on living person Idioma 02:03, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep see The Thesis AfD above. Reviewed artist. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 19:07, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Quarl ^(talk) 07:36, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep- Per meeting WP:MUSIC, but still not very well known. Eaomatrix 11:23, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How does this artist meet WP:MUSIC? Idioma 15:57, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No evidence of notability; no indication of meeting WP:MUSIC. bikeable (talk) 05:02, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Non-notable. Jmlk17 05:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Christian artists are tough to track references down for, I've noticed in previous AFDs; I think that's where the "not well known" issue comes from. However, I've managed to track down at least three reasonable refs: on Christianity Today, What's The Word, a site for urban gospel that seems fairly solid, and an interview at Gospel Flava, which also seems pretty good. There's not a huge number of non-trivial refs, but these ones make me lean keep. I'd also suggest that being a founding member of The Cross Movement helps out. Tony Fox (arf!) 20:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep per sources found by Tony Fox. I went ahead and added them to the article as references. I also re-wrote the article because as it was, it was actually a clear-cut copyright violation: a word-for-word copy and paste from the biography written on the artist's web site. So, whether it's ultimately kept or not, the copyvio needed to be taken out ASAP. Mwelch 22:34, 30 April 2007 (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.