Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wheezy (record producer)

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The result was keep. Alex Shih ^Talk 03:26, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wheezy (record producer)[edit]

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Some sources have been added to this article. I note that there are links to this article.
I also note that there are mentions of "Wheezy" - presumably the same musician - as a producer in these articles:

That said, it would still appear that the article about this musician and producer fails the WP:ANYBIO and Wikipedia:GNG tests for inclusion as a Wikipedia article. As always, please do prove me wrong. Shirt58 (talk) 10:52, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:37, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:38, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Lack of verifying independent, third party notability. The only two references provided are 1) an interview, and 2) content from Hothiphotnews, which is frequently cited as a reliable source, and yet the majority of its content are self-promotional posts from site members (see their guidelines here: http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/about.html). That appears to be the case here. ShelbyMarion (talk) 12:44, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Seems to meet WP:BASIC with a number of short but still significant mentions in RS, like [1] [2] (which includes a bit of non-interview facts at the beginning) [3] [4] (also includes a bit of non-interview facts at the beginning) [5] [6] (and that's just from page 1 of the 500+ GNews hits). I think this is one of the reasons why WP:BASIC says "If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability". Wheezy appears to be, at least from the POV of someone completely outside the hip-hop scene, a notable enough producer for inclusion in Wikipedia, even if no one dedicated a full article just to him. Regards So Why 13:20, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Black Kite (talk) 09:22, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:41, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:39, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, L3X1 (distænt write) )evidence( 01:38, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per SoWhy. I'm finding a pretty big number of mentions of Wheezy online in news searches, and several substantive references (most of them listed above, but also [7], as an example). He certainly seems notable enough to me. Cthomas3 (talk) 04:43, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.