Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank DiBussolo

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:01, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Frank DiBussolo[edit]

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Unref blp - couldn't establish WP:NOTABILITY. Seems to promotion by account which only created articles on DiBussolo and around him. Boleyn (talk) 07:59, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Unreferenced BLP. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:00, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Given the amount of claims in the article, I'm surprised that there's no coverage out there for him. According to this article he's received 8 Grammy nominations, but doesn't state for what or when. It's entirely possible that this could be referring to an album he performed on but wasn't the major contributor. (In other words, he played guitar on a recording of Les Mis that was nominated.) I don't think he'd pass WP:PROF, as it doesn't seem like he's held a big position at any of the more notable colleges and doesn't seem to stay with them for very long. I don't mean that to sound rude, just that he seems to have moved around a lot. The best source I've found so far is this one and I'm not entirely sure of their editorial process, although it looks relatively good. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 10:20, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I found a Cadence review for one of his works, but there really isn't much out there. I tried searching the Grammy website for his name and found nothing. A general search for his name and "Grammy" brings up primary sources that vaguely mention that he received nominations in "various categories" but never any specific information. There is a possibility of more sources being available off the internet, but the lack of any real coverage in general is fairly telling. Usually there's some brief coverage out there that would help back up notability, but all I'm finding are mentions of local performances (date and time type mentions). There's enough to suggest that some jazz aficionados might be aware of him, but nothing that would show that he's notable enough or has a big enough cult following to merit an article. I'd suggest a speedy for sheer spam, but given that there is a possible chance of offline sourcing, I'd recommend that this go for a full week in the hopes of more sourcing getting found. If anyone wants to userfy this, I have no serious problem with that. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 10:30, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To dissuade tagging for promotional prose, I've removed the puffery and reduced it to a discography and brief paragraph. The prior version can be seen here. Something I want to emphasize is that he doesn't seem to have performed on the official soundtracks for the various movies and musicals, but has instead put out his own renditions of the music, which is fairly normal. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 10:37, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

:* WT:JAZZ notified. AllyD (talk) 17:49, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:34, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:34, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 02:01, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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