Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Walton (musician)

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 16:08, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Walton (musician)[edit]

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I imagine that someone could cobble a kind of career together out of database entries that list albums and CDs, but as far as secondary sources go, I see no notability for this person. Again, a hard worker might find a review of a show here and there, but that's not notability. Plus, it's a COI piece, with a history of heavy promotion (I just removed all the spam links). Drmies (talk) 23:32, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. I'm not seeing sources, either. Came across this today, a long term vanity entry, tended by the subject. 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 23:42, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 00:07, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 00:07, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure here is the right place for a response, but here goes... No malicious intent here. I didn't write the original article nor do I know who did and I sure as heck didn't know anything about any SPAM links. All I've been trying to do is fix the inaccuracies. But every time I do, I get my fingers slapped in one way or another. I'm not sure what secondary sources are. All I have is old videos, pictures and newspaper snippets which, if I had any savvy, I could digitize and post somewhere. I guess. Most of my career occurred before it was trendy to plaster everything on the Internet, but if I can find the Billboard charts, I'm sure someone else can too. Look, the wiki page has been up for quite a while, and while prestigious, it's just another web page to me and an inaccurate one at that. I'd rather you guys just take take it down then have to endure any further insinuations or accusations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bwalton64 (talk • contribs) 05:43, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Bwalton64, thank you for stopping by. The spamlinks I was referring to were the External links, where every single social media account was linked, and the links in the album titles, which went directly to online record sellers--a link on your talk page explaining that was already placed there in 2014. Please follow the guidelines in WP:DISCLOSE. Drmies (talk) 14:25, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I obviously do not know what I'm doing. I deleted everything for which there is no digitized proof of and added my ASCAP membership ID as a verifiable secondary source. A professional ghostwriter will digitize my archives and maintain the article going forward. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bwalton64 (talk • contribs) 16:50, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bwalton64, It's understood that a lot of pre-internet journalism is hard to retrieve, but if you possess multiple print articles about you or that mention you prominently, they would be valuable as sources and to confirm WP:NOTABILITY. Feel free to share them here. Thanks, 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 18:06, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comments. Primary sources are such things as emails, blogs, letters, and membership cards. Secondary sources are articles in magazines and books. If there is any proof of touring, please provide as complete citations as possible (example: Files, Troy, "Bands Rock the NM State Fair", Albuquerque Journal, March 4, 1998, p. 17). Thank you. Bearian (talk) 17:41, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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