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Tim Louis (musician)

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WP:BLP of a musician and politician, featuring exactly zero reliable sourcing. A non-winning election candidate does not get a Wikipedia article on that basis, but may have an article only if you can properly source that he was already eligible for an article for some other reason before he became a candidate — so we have to entirely discount the political run, and evaluate him solely on the basis of whether he passes WP:NMUSIC or not. But the musical career is sourced exclusively to his own self-published website, his three albums were all self-released as far as I can tell from the info given on the website (thus not satisfying NMUSIC #5), and the claims of having performed for political dignitaries are entirely unverifiable in any reliable source coverage of him. I just did a ProQuest search, using extra search terms such as "jazz" or "musician" to weed out hits on Tim Louis the Vancouver city councillor — and that got me five hits, of which four were still about Tim Louis the Vancouver city councillor, and the one hit left over that was referring to Tim Louis the jazz musician was just a glancing namecheck in an article that wasn't about him. So the RS coverage of his music that it would take to make him eligible for a Wikipedia article simply is not there. A musician does not get a Wikipedia article just because it claims notability — a musician only becomes eligible for a Wikipedia article if and when you can properly source the accuracy of its claims. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 04:06, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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-[[WP:BLP]] of a musician and politician, featuring exactly zero [[WP:RS|reliable sourcing]]. A non-winning election candidate does not get a Wikipedia article on that basis, but may have an article ''only'' if you can properly source that he was ''already'' eligible for an article for some ''other'' reason ''before'' he became a candidate — so we have to ''entirely'' discount the political run, and evaluate him ''solely'' on the basis of whether he passes [[WP:NMUSIC]] or not. But the musical career is sourced ''exclusively'' to his own [[WP:SELFPUB|self-published]] website, his three albums were all self-released as far as I can tell from the info given on the website (thus not satisfying NMUSIC #5), and the claims of having performed for political dignitaries are ''entirely'' [[WP:V|unverifiable]] in ''any'' reliable source coverage of him. I just did a [[ProQuest]] search, using extra search terms such as "jazz" or "musician" to weed out hits on [[Tim Louis]] the Vancouver city councillor — and that got me five hits, of which ''four'' were ''still'' about Tim Louis the Vancouver city councillor, and the ''one'' hit left over that ''was'' referring to Tim Louis the jazz musician was just a glancing namecheck in an article that wasn't ''about'' him. So the RS coverage of his music that it would take to make him eligible for a Wikipedia article simply is not there. '''Delete'''. [[User:Bearcat|Bearcat]] ([[User talk:Bearcat|talk]]) 04:06, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
+[[WP:BLP]] of a musician and politician, featuring exactly zero [[WP:RS|reliable sourcing]]. A non-winning election candidate does not get a Wikipedia article on that basis, but may have an article ''only'' if you can properly source that he was ''already'' eligible for an article for some ''other'' reason ''before'' he became a candidate — so we have to ''entirely'' discount the political run, and evaluate him ''solely'' on the basis of whether he passes [[WP:NMUSIC]] or not. But the musical career is sourced ''exclusively'' to his own [[WP:SELFPUB|self-published]] website, his three albums were all self-released as far as I can tell from the info given on the website (thus not satisfying NMUSIC #5), and the claims of having performed for political dignitaries are ''entirely'' [[WP:V|unverifiable]] in ''any'' reliable source coverage of him. I just did a [[ProQuest]] search, using extra search terms such as "jazz" or "musician" to weed out hits on [[Tim Louis]] the Vancouver city councillor — and that got me five hits, of which ''four'' were ''still'' about Tim Louis the Vancouver city councillor, and the ''one'' hit left over that ''was'' referring to Tim Louis the jazz musician was just a glancing namecheck in an article that wasn't ''about'' him. So the RS coverage of his music that it would take to make him eligible for a Wikipedia article simply is not there. A musician does not get a Wikipedia article just because it ''claims'' notability — a musician only becomes eligible for a Wikipedia article if and when you can ''properly'' source the ''accuracy'' of its claims. '''Delete'''. [[User:Bearcat|Bearcat]] ([[User talk:Bearcat|talk]]) 04:06, 25 January 2016 (UTC)