Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Colontonio

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The result was delete. MER-C 05:08, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Colontonio[edit]

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Fails WP:BASIC, WP:ANYBIO, and WP:MUSICBIO. Unable for find any secondary sources to support notability. The article sources fan-sites, interviews, self-published bios and dead links. Magnolia677 (talk) 00:42, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Can't find any sources to suggest subject meets WP:BAND. Ajpolino (talk) 02:44, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Don't delete - Artist is released on labels such as Universal, Vandit (Germany) , Armada ( BIGGEST EDM label on earth) and many more reliable ones. Hes played in 23 countries at major festivals ( Sunrise festival , Poland) ALL of which is documented via blogs, pictures and videos. Artists has been featured in Countless publications including DJmag the biggest DJ publication on planet earth. Artist has collaborated with some of the biggest EDM artists on earth including Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren dn Paul Van Dyk to name a few. Not sure why hes being singled out for deletion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brenda Jenning (talk • contribs) 20:08, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Could you list some of the secondary sources that have written about him? Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:09, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sure .. working on that right now. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brenda Jenning (talk • contribs) 21:37, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Don't Delete - Just made some improvements to the sourcing on this article. I believe the main contributor is confused to say the least. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GoblinBoy (talk • contribs) 00:05, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Brenda Jenning: and @GoblinBoy:. Thanks for contributing! The reason the article Tom Colontonio got brought here is because an editor was concerned there may not be sufficient sources for us to include this topic in the encyclopedia. For a person to have an article on Wikipedia, they must have "received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject" (guideline). For musicians, we generally use these criteria to help us determine if an article should be included on a given musician/music group. If you can find references that are independent of the subject (i.e. something not written by the artist or on the artist's behalf) that show that the artist meets the criteria linked above, then you'll find other editors are happy to change their minds, keep the article, and help you improve it. This is not a referendum on how great Tom Colontonio is. Instead it's a discussion about whether or not sufficient sources exist for us to maintain an encyclopedia article on him. If sufficient sources do not exist, perhaps they will exist sometime in the future and the page can be remade then. If you're interested in going that route, we can move the page to your user page in the interim. If you have questions about the process, feel free to ask them at WP:Teahouse or on my talk page. Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 00:39, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thanks AjPolino I am adding plenty of sources now. Also his website is very extensive as well. being a music lover myself in his genre I can appreciate his work as well as his achievements!

I had a look at some of the sources you have added and they won't contribute a lot to enhancing the notability of this biography. One source you added didn't even mention this person, and the others were YouTube links and personal blogs. Please take a moment to read Wikipedia:Notability (people). Can you find any reliable secondary sources? Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 01:16, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Magnolia677 not sure what source your referring too not mentioning his name? Personal blogs? please clarify as all the blogs mentioned are legitimate news outlets for Electronic music. I referenced DJmag which is the bible of dance music and published globally. Its no less credible a source as CNN etc. His website and twitter (verified) are also there Maybe this isn't a topic your fully educated on therefore your assuming the citations aren't credible enough? This seems almost personal honestly as MANY Dj's on here have way less or similar content as he does. Even artists named in his article! Not trying to be confrontational here but clearly hes a legit music artists.— Preceding unsigned comment added by GoblinBoy (talk • contribs) 01:30, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as clear advertising in which it's clear campaigning and the comments here show, and also show the fact there's no considerations of how we actually accept articles, instead simply of what we should change in considerations instead, but that's not the case we'll take to mind with said campaigning. SwisterTwister talk 06:09, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 22:29, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - As seen in the page history, I spent some time trying to "rescue" this article, but the article is still based on passing mentions, blogs and non reliable sources, so fails WP:MUSICBIO.
Comparison with other (unnamed) articles is irrelevant as such comparisons are invalid as per WP:Other stuff exists.
I tagged the page COI based on Brenda Jenning's SPA, GoblinBoy is another SPA as is User:Redsro whose only contribution was removing the AFD notice. Possible co-ordination which may merit an SPI? - Arjayay (talk) 16:06, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – promotional article contrary to our policies on what Wikipedia is not. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a means of self-promotion. Citobun (talk) 11:49, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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