Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clifton "Jiggs" Chase

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The result was keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 05:50, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Clifton "Jiggs" Chase

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not the easiest subject to search for sources, but seems like it fails WP:Music and WP:GNG. No references, and in its 11 years has only had 2 significant edits, both from SPAs. Rayman60 (talk) 03:54, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:31, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:31, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

* Wikipedia:WikiProject Jazz notified. AllyD (talk) 07:11, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The Concise Guide to Hip-Hop Music lists Jiggs Chase among the "influential beatmakers" and founders of the hip-hop genre in the 1970s/80s. He was a chief arranger and producer of a pioneer hip-hop label Sugar Hill Records. There is far more about him on G-books. I would say he is notable and there's enough material to compile a decent article about him. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 08:23, 8 October 2016 (UTC) P.S. The history of the article here on Wikipedia is not relevant to the actual notability of the subject. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 08:28, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I know nothing about the subject matter but he does seem to meet WP:GNG and WP:CREATIVE based on the Gbooks results and claims made in this Billboard article from Gnews. Also puzzled by the nom's statement "not the easiest subject to search for sources," when the rather unusual name makes it very easy, it seems to me. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:15, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: as anybody with a passing interest in the development of hip hop will know, Jiggs Chase was credited as songwriter on some of the key early hip hop records and as such his name is often cited when talking about them. Whether that's enough for his own article or whether it would maybe be better redirected to Sugar Hill Records (hip hop label) as part of their production team, I don't know. Richard3120 (talk) 16:07, 12 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:07, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

KEEP Meets WP:CREATIVE for sure. Relevant player in 70s hip-hop. Mystic Technocrat (talk) 00:57, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and perhaps close this Afd here. I've found similar sources to editors like Shawn in Montreal and Vejvančický above. The current state or editorial inputs of the article notwithstanding, the subject has notability. Lourdes 04:37, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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