Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blake Aaron

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:31, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Blake Aaron

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I am not seeing the case for notability for this subject, nor the coverage in reliable sources beyond the one source of indeterminate utility currently cited in the article. It does not help that the article was created by an SPA named "User:Innervisionrecords". I note that this was PRODed by User:Vikipolimer last year, and deprodded by User:AllyD on the PROD eligibility grounds. BD2412 T 20:16, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. BD2412 T 20:16, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Not meeting any criteria, no reliable sources Citations101 (talk) 20:28, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: It was a BLP PROD which was placed on the article in June 2022; I removed it because the article was carrying several external links. "To be eligible for a BLPPROD tag, the entry must be a biography of a living person and contain no sources in any form (as references, external links, etc., reliable or otherwise) supporting any statements made about the person in the biography. " So nothing in the placing or removal of the BLPPROD notice concerned whether the subject is notable or not (though obviously these various reviews should be taken into account for this AfD). AllyD (talk) 21:17, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @AllyD: No offense intended. This could have been PRODed under regular PROD principles without BLP being invoked, but that was the choice of the editor adding the PROD tag. BD2412 T 22:43, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:39, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I am unfamiliar with Aaron's music but a summary and some evaluation of available sources regarding this subject may aid evaluation here:

2002: Performed in ensemble for Steve Reid's Dream Scapes project (Tampa Bay Times, passing mention)
2007: Bylined review of Desire in Smooth Views (external link in article)
2007: Review of Desire in smooth-jazz.de (external link in article), includes summary of the subject's sideman / tv career
2008: Role in organising flood benefit concert covered in Jazz Review (external link in article) - wouldn't add to Musicbio notability
2015: Review of Soul Stories in Smooth Views [1]
2020: Bylined review of Color and Passion in Jazz Journal (reference in article)

This leaves open the question as to whether the record review sources in these particular media are sufficient to demonstrate WP:MUSICBIO #1 notability? AllyD (talk) 08:47, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know of the reliability of sources reporting on this subject. Certainly nothing appears in more mainstream media, aside from that one Tampa Bay Times mention. BD2412 T 15:58, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete This is the best I could find [2]; I'm not sure the rest given above for sourcing help notability. Oaktree b (talk) 00:31, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I think this discussion would benefit from more participation. One of the Delete votes came from an editor who has edited one day and has 19 edits and the other participant is offering a Weak Delete. I'd like to see a stronger consensus on whether or not to delete this article.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:28, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:39, 5 June 2023 (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.