Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David L. Cook

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:12, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

David L. Cook[edit]

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Article does not meet guidelines for verifiability and no original research. Subject does not meet guidelines for notability. Bennychloroplast (talk) 02:40, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: A review of existing sources for the article revealed nearly all of them do not support claims made in the article or are written by the subject of the article. A thorough search for new sources turned up no sources referencing the subject of the article, save this article. Bennychloroplast (talk) 02:52, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: it's a self-promotional piece with bogus referencing. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 07:04, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete Per above

David L. Cook discography also should be deleted. — Maile (talk) 14:42, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is a whole group of articles: David L. Cook discography, List of awards and nominations received by David L. Cook, The Cook Family Singers, and Artists Music Guild that all warrant deletion on the same grounds. Bennychloroplast (talk) 15:09, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. There's a lot of self-referencing here, but I think that he probably passes WP:ANYBIO#1 on account of several awards. These include an induction into the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame, a 2012 Artists Music Guild Comedian of the Year award, among others. He has a number of Emmy awards that he's won (though most appear to be regional Emmys), but the quality of the article is simply not up to standards at the moment. I'm weakly opposed to deletion—I don't think this is TNT-level—but I do have some concerns about draftification given how old the article is. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 23:56, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: looks like WP:ANYBIO is met here. should be tagged with proper tags instead. making it into a draft can also be explored. Password ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:39, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 18:16, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Sources 4,5,6 are the only non-primary ones (and are RS per source tool). 4 doesn't link to an article about him, 5 and 6 are a list of several nominations, serving only as a name drop. The rest are primary... All sourcing I can find is to download or listen to his music. Nothing at all about this individual. I doubt this is a hoax, but there is no substantial coverage we can use. Oaktree b (talk) 00:17, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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