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The result was no consensus. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 12:16, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

David Brown (internet musician)[edit]

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Totality of independent coverage for this YouTuber appears to consist of one third of a Vanity Fair article. Does not meet any applicable notability guidelines. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:39, 19 August 2018 (UTC) Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:39, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:16, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:37, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:37, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. The Boyinaband article has been on my todo list for a while now, and I think there's plenty of independent coverage of him out there, for example, [1] [2] and [3]. I agree that David Brown (internet musician) as it stands currently relies too much on primary sources and doesn't make any indication of notability, but that can be improved. (Note also that the page content of David Brown (internet musician) has previously appeared at Boyinaband, which is currently a redirect to You and What Army, the band that Dave is a member of.) Ahiijny (talk) 01:22, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per above. There's more coverage that could be uncovered and added. I do think he's a notable YouTuber. Obviously not on the same level as say, Shane Dawson, but his collaboration with iDubbbz and "Don't Stay in School" got him covered to a degree in news sources. Ss112 18:48, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect somewhere. Not far from being notable, but there are not enough sources with significant coverage to say that it is at least borderline. I'd like a redirect because it prevents new editors wasting their time on creating an article which already existed, and if I'm not mistaken, Boyinaband used to redirect to You And What Army, I think. I do not know how Asian Jake Paul merits an article, but it's not the focus of this AfD. wumbolo ^^^ 21:42, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to You and What Army. Sources I could find, and the ones linked above by Ahiijny fail WP:SIGCOV, and it appears WP:TOOSOON for him at the present time. Borderline, but not notable I think. — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)} 00:11, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to You and What Army. Even though his video Don't Stay at School passes WP:GNG, that does not mean that he is notable. Also, if you search up 'Boyinaband' on Google. It just brings up primary sources, which fails WP:RS. The Duke of Nonsense^{What is necessary for thee?} 18:38, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep per Ahiijny. Three independent, reliable, secondary sources is just barely enough to pass WP:GNG as well as another source in the article [4]. 344917661X (talk) 15:41, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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