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I go to AFD as PROD may be contested and the article has been draftified before. The subject of the article didn't show any notability. The only reference that showed some notability is the soundreloaded.com.ng source, but I didn't think that particular article is enough to show notability per WP:GNG.
Other references are not good references as they are blogs, and some even referencing to government sites, definition of mathematics per Britannica or places that he studied.
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 12:14, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 12:14, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Thank you. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 12:10, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Delete. Lot of problems here and a WP:GNG/WP:NBIO/WP:NMUSIC failure. Likely an autobiography (compare creator's username with the subject's middle name). The sources are a mess, consisting of links to his own music ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]); and WP:USERGENERATED sites like SoundReloaded, AfrikaLyrics and a Blogger site. Finally, then the creator has added non-sequitur links that prove no claims in the story: The Britannica definition of mathematics to validate his degree in math, a link to the homepage of his supposed digital marketing school (I previously deleted that as WP:REFSPAM and will do so again), links to the homepages of Nigerian local governments and a news homepage ([7], [8], [9]) to "validate" the claim that
This song became popular in various Nigerian cities.
It's probably just outside the edge of another speedy deletion, but it absolutely fails any notability guideline we might apply. Dclemens1971 (talk) 12:47, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: Probably WP:AUTOBIO that fails all notions of notability. - UtherSRG (talk) 19:04, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Delete Looks like an autobiographical vanity page. Most of the "sources" are just links to his songs. TornadoLGS (talk) 19:43, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Delete, pure WP:VANISPAMCRUFTISEMENT; I'm quite happy to A7/G11 speedy this, also. --DoubleGrazing (talk) 20:11, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Delete Same old vanity page nonsense that pops up every hour... Nswix (talk) 20:16, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment The page creator appears to be engaging in sockpuppetry and and SPI has been opened. TornadoLGS (talk) 21:00, 7 January 2025 (UTC)