Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Theo Thomson

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The result was no consensus. Stifle (talk) 18:33, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Theo Thomson

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Concerns over notability. Levinge (talk) 04:33, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

He has had a number one hit in Malawi (and if we consider this relatively, Malawi is not a big country and there are few avenues of getting heard...also consider some one hit wonders get pages in the US, I dont think we should penalize countries based on land mass).
If a musician has two songs on circulation on MTV and Channel o (whose satellite distribution is in almost every African country), I think the geographic reach of the audience makes him meet notability.
He was featured on the finale of Big brother Africa, the most popular reality show on the continent. They weren't just going to pick anyone. --MsTingaK (talk) 04:59, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Malawi charts don't seem to be reputable per WP:GOODCHARTS. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 17:52, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Appeal to ignorance. The Malawi charts are not included in GOODCHARTS. Anarchangel (talk) 20:17, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- -- Cirt (talk) 20:17, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep. While good sources are few indeed, there is substantial evidence that he is a major star in Malawi, and noted in other African countries too [1][2] Julius Sahara (talk) 21:57, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To comment on Malawian charts being reputable: All the charts on the link are for European, Latin American and US charts and have no relevance to African or Malawian music because those charts dont typically rate/rank African (much less, Malawian)music. It would be bias to thus rate Malawian charts reputation based on a list that only includes non-Malawian non-African charts. If a musician is getting air time on African and Malawian charts, then his music doesn't need to be relevant in the west. As an example, there are Us singers and/or celebrities (ie Kim Kardashian, Kelly Pickler) or other singers who only are relevant in the U.S but have pages.Using that list as a guideline for reputable charts can create a systematic cultural bias for countries not listed.--MsTingaK (talk) 01:06, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:05, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 00:16, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Julius Sahara above. Manning (talk) 23:42, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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