Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gentle Bones

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 keep. Merging Gentle Bones discography back into the parent article can likely be done boldly per WP:MERGEINIT. The split done on 9 June 2017 was unattributed. (non-admin closure) Sam Sailor 19:18, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Gentle Bones

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The musicians discussed in this article do not meet the criteria for notability in music as outlined in Wikipedia's guidelines. All reliable source coverage listed is local. WP:BAND and WP:MUSICBIO criteria are not met. The article is biased, it is written as though it were trying to advertise for or promote the musicians discussed within. The musicians themselves have no strong claim and very little regional/international renown. InspectorMikeChin (talk) 04:35, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related page:

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Keep, and maybe merge the discography. A couple of points:

There is no requirement for regional or international coverage to pass notability criteria. The likes of Straits Times and Bandwagon are good enough for a Singaporean. As it happens, the BBC also think he counts as news.(Gentle Bones: Singapore's answer to Ed Sheeran)

Bias and promotional tone should be removed from articles, but are not a valid reason for deletion.

- William Avery (talk) 09:22, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:22, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Singapore-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:22, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This is another one of a number of identical and indiscriminate nominations by the same person who did not make any searches before nomination that is required per WP:BEFORE. The coverage of the artist can be found in sources within Singapore and outside Singapore, [1][2][3][4] (Singapore), [5] (UK),[6] (Hong Kong). Hzh (talk) 12:47, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Procedural Close/Keep All - For all recent AfDs by this nominator. See comments by myself and others at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HubbaBubbas. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 18:29, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep appears to pass WP:GNG, but after a before search - article could be improved to reflect notability. SportingFlyer talk 21:19, 1 June 2018 (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.