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 (non-admin closure), as per consensus. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:03, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Anye Elite[edit]

Article about a musician who appears to fail WP:MUSIC - article has been tagged by two authors (myself included) on the grounds of notability. However, he also appears to be a prominent on the gay scene and perhaps establishes notability on these grounds. I'm bringing the article here to establish concensus. Ros0709 (talk) 06:31, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 14:21, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Although I am not familiar with the gay black scene of Atlanta, Georgia. My research suggest that Anye Elite satisfies WP:Music criteria number seven. Everyone might be satified if the focus shifted to his community involvement where there are significantly more resources. NotabilityChieftan (talk) 10:51, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Item 7 states "Has become the most prominent representative of a notable style or of the local scene of a city". In the context of WP:MUSIC, the "notable style" or "local scene" must be "musical style" / "music scene". I see no evidence that he is the most notable representative of either of those. He has had some coverage - along with many others - commenting on the "gay scene", but I don't think that's relevant to WP:MUSIC. Ros0709 (talk) 06:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Southern Voice and Clik Magazine are regionally and nationally published. That satisfies the notability requirement. Aleader (talk) 11:53, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The artist, Anye Elite, has been interviewed and mentioned in a article for the Southern Voice at: http://www.southernvoice.com/2007/2-16/locallife/feature/6530.cfm. The artist has also been interviewed on two local radio stations: WRFG 89.3FM, and WVEE 103.3FM. Radio interviews are not available online which makes deletion for this unfair. I do realize that personal communication is not an acceptable source here, but radio interviews are not personal communication with me. Radio interviews are broadcast. Carlos Johnson (talk) 13:50, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I have copied the above comment from this page's talk page. Ros0709 (talk) 05:52, 1 July 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Keep Why not classify him as a community activist since that is where the majority of his coverage lies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.30.125.102 (talk) 15:12, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been added to the list of LGBT related deletions. Pinkkeith (talk) 16:57, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I have cleaned up, formated, blah blah blah, the article plus added some of the material from the corresponding Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Just In Case (Anye Elite song) AfD about his single - which doesn't seem to pass the WP:MUSIC#Songs guidelines for its own article. I've also added references throughout. Banje boi 21:36, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This may not pass for Music but does on Bios combining his music and activism. I'd like to lightly admonish those involved in the beginning stages who probably could have showed a bit more diplomacy ala don't bite the newbies. Having stated that we are also looking at several divides including technical, media and surely cultural. It's little wonder that the events and festivals he's performing at are hard to document, on wikipedia they're non-existent! There's at least 34 Black LGBT pride festivals with thousands who attend each one but they seem to be non-existent on wikipedia. This is just one of the first articles I've seen that even references they exist. Like LGBT media these sources are also not consistently online. This will change over time but editors may want to keep the perspective that race, class, gender and sexuality still play a role in what is printed in mainstream media. Banje boi 21:53, 2 July 2008 (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.