Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Burke (musician)

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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 20:12, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Burke (musician)

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:MUSICBIO. Almost certain autobiography (who else would have known that aged 11 he found a Sony Walkman on the way home from school...?) and no evidence of notability. AllMusic just displays a track listing with his name as writer, but no evidence that the band or their songs were notable. The New Music Weekly and Music Existence sources are identical, and the latter states that it is a press release. The Issue Wire source is another press release – the website actually states that it is a self-marketing tool. The Exiled Robin is a reproduction of one tweet on a football blog, totally irrelevant to his career. And The News Front is yet another press release, but this time for his former business, which has nothing to do with his current music productions. So all the sources provided are press releases probably written by the artist himself, or his management. Richard3120 (talk) 16:45, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Richard3120 (talk) 16:46, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Richard3120 (talk) 16:46, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom --Devokewater@ 17:11, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:13, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. There's no sources that show any reliability and at least part of it was likely written by someone close to the subject. BlacknoseDace(say something. I'm lonely!)^{[I'm not a reference!]} 17:28, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the article seems to be based heavily on original research not supported by secondary sources.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:28, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Update: an IP attempted to add two further sources – an interview with the subject on a non-notable personal YouTube channel (the interview has had all of 67 views in three years), and an interview on his local community radio station. Richard3120 (talk) 18:36, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - In total agreement with the nominator's in-depth analysis and with the previous voters. The article is almost certainly an autobiography written as an attempted promotion. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 21:56, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Olaf Kosinsky (talk) 06:28, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Agree with nominator's arguments and the points raised above by other users. Dunarc (talk) 20:59, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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