Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peterson Okopi

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The result was delete‎. Vanamonde (Talk) 19:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Peterson Okopi

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Article about a songwriter and singer that fails WP:NMUSICBIO or WP:GNG. Awards are practically non-notable awards. Most of the sources are also sponsored post or PR piece. Jamiebuba (talk) 11:56, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Bands and musicians, and Nigeria. Jamiebuba (talk) 11:56, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
• Comment Ref 1, 3 and 10 are either interviews or trivial. Person looks notable, I'll look at the other sources. Oaktree b (talk) 12:09, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

  Only other good sources per sourcebot 16, 17 and 23 are trivial coverage. Rest are mix of biographies or lists of simple appearances on tv shows. The award might be notable, but I don't think we have enough for notability. Oaktree b (talk) 13:51, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

• Keep Individual is a notable Nigerian gospel artist with several hit songs. Also, the awards are very renowned for gospel musicians. Mevoelo (talk) 13:14, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
• Delete: While I am sympathetic to the creating editor's view that Okopi is a fish in a specialised pond, WP:NMUSIC does not really allow for that. When this is accompanied with references that are interviews, announcements and churnalism I can only consider this to be WP:ADMASQ, failing WP:GNG, certainly as written and referenced. It is perfectly reasonable to seek to rescue it under WP:HEY. If that happens I hope to be notified so that I may have the option of reconsidering my view 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 12:33, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

  Okopi is a highly notable gospel artist in Nigeria as earlier stated. If you review the references properly, you’d see that most of them are actually reliable. Talking about churnalism, I don’t think that applies here because according to “WP:MUSIC”, Criteria for musicians….he clearly meets 1,2,4,6,8,9,10,12. He was a finalist of a major kids competition in Nigeria (9) and has a hit single “Osuba” which is known by almost all Nigerian Christians (2). But I’d do my best to see if I can add more content to further show notability. Mevoelo (talk) 12:59, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

  Yes, but we don't have extensive sourcing for much of any of it. Oaktree b (talk) 13:52, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

• Delete: for lack of sourcing, only brief mentions. Most articles are less then half a page. They are in good sources, yes, but they don't go into much detail at all about the person. Oaktree b (talk) 13:53, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
• Delete - non-notable topic, sources are unreliable and most not independent. The awards cited are unclear. Best, Reading Beans (talk) 20:26, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

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