Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John De'Mathew

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The result was keep‎. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 18:28, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

John De'Mathew[edit]

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Not finding notability in sources, Gsearch is straight to social media. Dying in a traffic accident isn't notable, rest of their career appears non-notable. Oaktree b (talk) 20:39, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Oaktree b (talk) 20:39, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and Kenya. Skynxnex (talk) 20:52, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep Kenya’s vice president William Ruto paid tribute to him (CNN) and he is called "the celebrated king of benga" by The Standard, one of Kenya's largest newspapers (see here). This article by The Standard notes a few "bestselling hits". Mentioned here as a successful Gĩkũyũ musician, and as an "genius" who could sway public opinion in this book.

While it is unfortunate that most of the coverage lacks depth and mainly consists of articles written after his death, I don't believe that this should undermine his notability. Mooonswimmer 01:42, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:29, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral there are sources but they are not in depth Adler3 (talk) 00:53, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There are references to make him notable. FXBeats21 (talk) 07:24, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 07:22, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep I think WP:GNG is passed by these sources [1][2][3][4]. I've !voted weak keep because a lot of the coverage of him online is about his death, however I think the sources linked gives more information about his life. I wouldn't be surprised if there was offline sources, but WP:THEREMUSTBESOURCES is a bad argument to make. JML1148 (Talk | Contribs) 07:56, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Enough national coverage to meet WPSINGER. 116.92.232.6 (talk) 02:30, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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