Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kodak Black

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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) LK (talk) 09:31, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Kodak Black

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Fails WP:MUSICBIO. No claim made about notability. Only two RS I can find are: article in NYT, mainly about his run ins with the law, and being discussed as one of a number of young teenage musicians in a New Yorker article. LK (talk) 06:34, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

SPEEDY KEEP -- per WP:SKCRIT and WP:BEFORE
- WP:SKCRIT item (3) states Speedy Keep applies if: "The nomination is so erroneous that it indicates the nominator has not even read the article in question."
- Reading an article -- any article -- before nominating it for deletion also requires (see next bullet) reviewing the article's attached WP:Talk Page which may contain content under editorial discussion but not yet implemented into the article.
- WP:BEFORE item (B)(4) states "Prior to nominating article(s) for deletion, please be sure to: [...] Read the article's talk page for previous nominations and/or that your objections haven't already been dealt with."
- In this case there is a section of the talk page that specifically deals the "not notable" assertion, a section which the nominator obviously did not read. This section provides a number of highly reliable sources (The New Yorker magazine, XXL magazine, SPIN magazine, The New York Times, MTV, and Forbes magazine) having feature articles written about Mr. Black and his career as a rap artist. See Talk:Kodak Black#Kodak Black -- notability sources.

Koala Tea Of Mercy (KTOM's Articulations & Invigilations) 13:47, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally the nominator apparently either did not read the source articles he does reference or else is deliberately misrepresenting them in this AfD (In the interest of WP:AGF I will presume the former.). For the NYT article he states it is "mainly about his run ins with the law" but reading the article only the first two parargaphs talk about that, the remaining eight paragraphs talk about his music and his career. The nominator's description of the New Yorker article is disingenuous where he says the article lumps Black in as "one of a number of young teenage musicians" whereas the magazine article describes a specific set of eight teens who are "shaping the future of pop" and states that "they have reshaped their respective musical realms". Not notable my lilly white butt! Koala Tea Of Mercy (KTOM's Articulations & Invigilations) 14:20, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep - He was featured in The New York Times [1] and The New Yorker [2], which is pretty good for a guy from Florida. Two reliable sources, and many reliable rap magazines. Magnolia677 (talk) 00:16, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. NewYorkActuary (talk) 06:07, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. NewYorkActuary (talk) 06:07, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep. Kodak Black has a featured single with French Montana, which is on the charts, and has met the criteria for WP:MUSBIO. Xboxmanwar (talk) 17:09, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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