Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darrell James

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The result was delete. Another case where I prefer more participation, but the amount of research done convinces me that it wouldn't matter if 100 more people voted, we would still be deleting. Dennis - 2¢ 20:51, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Darrell James[edit]

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I am unable to find reliable sources to demonstrate that this man meets WP:GNG or WP:MUSIC.

The name, unfortunately, is not that uncommon, even when connecting to the region. The albums are all self-produced, so far as I can see, and I don't find any sign that "E-C Mix Records" is a notable production company. As far as I can tell, this article has been the work of a single-purpose account. That in itself is not reason to delete, but I'm afraid that there is a clear conflict and this article may be entirely promotional and unreliable. See the archived version of his official bio, which includes "In March of 2013, Darrell James bio-article got published and has been included in the data entry of the worldwide publication of Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org), proving that his career and works are important achievements and is worthy to be known by the world." (This is still visible on his site, but I have archived in case it is removed.) I have removed some uncited material or material without reliable citation from the article (which needs more cleanup) and am concerned that some of the information at the official site may not meet our verifiability standards - for instance, it claims "He is an Eight (8) time AWIT Awards Nominee for Best Producer." Our article specifically called out Truefaith’s "Memories Are Cheap"" as one of the albums for which he was purportedly nominated as "Best Producer". I did find one unusable source that says True Faith won best creative album package for that album. Allmusic, at least, doesn't mention this man in connection with that album at all - the sole producer is listed as the band. (Unfortunately, AMG lists no technical staff for these two albums, also name checked. But even if he is the producer of all three of them, that doesn't necessarily equate to WP:GNG, WP:BIO or WP:MUSIC) I also removed a claim that he was "partly responsible for the Philippine market success of international artists such as" (long list of notables) as unsourced, and I removed a claim that he spearheaded and was "Co-Producer" of a Fra Lippo Lippi album. The linked source verifies that he was a project manager. But, again, this in itself is insufficient to meet notability requirements.

I will happily withdraw my nomination if somebody is able to demonstrate notability, although the content will need to be modified to meet WP:V, WP:NPOV and WP:NOR. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:20, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:14, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:52, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails WP:GNG, and it looks like WP:V, WP:NPOV and WP:NOR. That's some kind of jackpot, MRG. Well done you, SW3 5DL (talk) 03:05, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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