Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yvick Letexier

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The result was keep. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:07, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yvick Letexier[edit]

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Single-sourced article about a YouTuber, not making any credible claim to passing WP:CREATIVE. The closest thing to an actual notability claim here is somebody else's, not his own — "Le Velcrou" are other people he collaborated with once or twice, and not a group he was a member or founder of, so the source for it completely fails to mention Yvick Letexier (either under his real name or his stage name) at all, and that's the only source present here. As always, YouTubers do not get an automatic inclusion freebie just because their self-published content exists -- just like for all other domains of human activity, the notability test for YouTubers is the reception of reliable source coverage about him in real media, not just the existence of his YouTube channel. And even the French article, as long as it is, is also semi-advertorialized and relying far too heavily on bad sources like Spotify and YouTube rather than real media -- so it should really be deleted there as well, and just translating it into English without completely overhauling its sourcing isn't the golden ticket to a notability pass here. Bearcat (talk) 15:02, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 15:02, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 15:02, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A simple Google search found multiple notable sources - albeit in French, which is not an issue to meeting GNG. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. There are plenty more if you look on Google. Please do due diligence before going to AFD immediately. Thanks! Affied (talk) 21:41, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:30, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. As reluctant as I am to further ballooning "Youtuber" Wikipedia biographies, he does appear to meet SIGCOV. The article creator should've done a better job with sourcing, there's no doubt about that! PK650 (talk) 22:48, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 18:38, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, With the sources found above by Affied, this meets WP:GNG. The article still needs work, but I added a few of the sources, so at least now it has a couple of references. Ym2X (talk) 12:07, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Definitely meets WP:GNG. He has also just scored a number-one album in France as Mister V [1]. Ss112 13:21, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Echoing the comments of the other editors above, the subject certainly seems to meet the significant coverage requirement. Dflaw4 (talk) 13:18, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: It could use some expansion. --evrik ^(talk) 16:55, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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