Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Calligraphist (artist)

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 delete. Randykitty (talk) 17:54, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Calligraphist (artist)

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Bulgarian rapper. Article says has no albums yet, although he has won at least one international award/competition. (By the way all four citations are in Bulgarian.) This article is the sole extent of the user DanielTotev's edits. It would help to have some opinions of hip-hop experts and/or Bulgarian speakers at this AfD; although using "Translate to English" by right-clicking when on Google Chrome is also useful. Softlavender (talk) 07:02, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bulgaria-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:52, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 18:51, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete-seem to be a too soon issue even last year when the article was created, and still is! Wgolf (talk) 20:59, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - does not have a single album and there is only one (relatively) reliable source about him. Bulgarian-language search yields no results other than the links provided and a few Facebook pages. I see no significance here, to be honest. - ☣Tourbillon ^A ? 07:09, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No significance at all.--MrPanyGoff (talk) 07:15, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No indications of notability. All four references in the article are identical: the same story (verbatim) posted on four different news sites, about Calligraphist winning a competition to appear on the next Kool G Rap album. This is nice, but it's not the national-level awards (Grammys, etc) that we look for as part of WP:MUSIC. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:05, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep The competition that he has won seems to be prestigious (and arguably there aren't that many rappers in Bulgaria who generate headlines). News.ibox.bg and fakti.bg tend to be reliable sources and could be sufficient in terms of providing evidence for national coverage in Bulgaria. If the following statement: "Calligraphist is the first and only rapper to date to overcome the language barrier of his native tongue and achieve international success in a foreign language directly due to his belletristic and verbal skills in English" is indeed correct, this could in itself make a case for notability. I believe that the opinion of other Bulgarian editors should also be sought. Oleg Morgan (talk) 12:42, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The statement is erroneous. Big Sha was in Dime Piece together with Snoop Dogg way back in 2009. - ☣Tourbillon ^A ? 15:42, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: You are right, I stand corrected, though I do believe that there are rather few Bulgarian rappers who are as influential as Big Sha, he is a standout case. Still, I think that the recognition received by Calligraphist due to the foreign language aspect (his linguistic skills) could potentially qualify him for notability. Oleg Morgan (talk) 21:05, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Lack of notability. --StanProg (talk) 08:51, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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