Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jesse Thomas (singer-songwriter)

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The result was delete. Tone 20:02, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Jesse Thomas (singer-songwriter)[edit]

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Completely unsourced article about a musician, with no strong claim to passing WP:NMUSIC -- the strongest notability claim here is having an album place in Billboard's "Heatseekers" chart, which is not a notability-clinching chart. It should be noted that the article has recently seen some attempts at blankage, by an editor claiming to be the subject herself, on the grounds that it was created by an old PR company and was "mostly bullshit" -- and while the older version was longer, it was indeed written more like marketing bumf than like a proper encyclopedia article, and the strongest source it ever cited was the campus radio station of her own alma mater. There's just no genuinely strong notability claim or sourcing for the purposes of establishing her as a notable musician -- but the older version isn't worth reverting back to, as it wasn't actually any better at showing either of those things, and was technically conflict of interest editing by her own PR agents anyway. Bearcat (talk) 19:01, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:01, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kentucky-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:01, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Ceethekreator (talk) 21:21, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

* Delete There are a few references provided in earlier incarnations, but just of the press release, small time and insignificant nature that do not back up notability. Likewise, Billboard Heatseekers is a bad chart: a placing there is only a listing relative to actually making a real chart. In other word, #25 on Heatseekers means a release is that many positions of away from making the top 100 only among artist who previously haven't made the top 100, which means it's a lot lower than 125 when you factor in artists outside the top 100 who have previously made the chart. I agree with this nomination. ShelbyMarion (talk) 12:23, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails WP:GNG. No references by any means. ~GMC ^{{talk to me}} 19:02, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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