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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 06:04, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Battle Ax[edit]

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Autobiography of a prolific, but not identifiably notable musician. Cited references are either primary sources, mentions in passing, or no mention at all. The award claimed does not appear to have any notability of itself (2011 was the first year it was awarded -- too soon to tell if it will become significant). Claims of "attention" from major labels are unverified, and even if verifiable, attention from a label is not the same as being signed by a label. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:26, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:22, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I'm unable to find sources that verify most of the information of the article. Many of the notability claims appear to hinge on connections to the 'The S.O.G. Crew', of which I am unable to find any substantial independent coverage. When searching for the awards, the majority of hits seem to promote Battle Ax - they seem strangely absent from independent online media reports. The same is true for the video awards Clovis Sangrail (talk) 01:49, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete First, only 10 % of this article are about the articles subject, the christian rapper Battle Ax. The other 90 % are about a 'gospel hip hop group' he has formed The S.O.G. Crew. Claims for notability for both are sourced with social media entries (e.g. they weren't mentioned on MTV, there is only an entry on MTV's free blog) or non-notable labels (e.g. tunecore.com where the artist has to pay for beeing digitally distributed through itunes.com). Per WP:MUSICBIO and WP:IS.--Ben Ben (talk) 10:48, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment After I left this comment on the author's talk page about perhaps contributing to this deletion discussion, the author blanked the page (several times, in fact). This might be taken as a realization that the page doesn't meet inclusion criteria and a desire to have the page deleted. I would propose that the page qualifies for speedy deletion under WP:CSD#G7. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 11:20, 4 November 2011 (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.