The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was speedy delete. Copyvio. —Sean Whitton / 15:03, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marian Renta[edit]

This is a very well-written and comprehensive article, but... I don't know if this fellow is actually notable by Wikipedia's criteria. First off, a Google search for his name, "Marian Renta" results in 175 pages, 42 of which are "unique". A lot of them are opinion pieces he has written for various chronicles, while some of the results are MySpace and Friendster and such.

Google searches for "MR Records" "Marian" and "MR Records" "Renta" are similarly unfruitful.

Secondly, the one independent source provided in the article is to the American Chronicle which, by the looks of it, is a website that anyone can contribute to (I guess it's somewhere between a newspaper and a blog). Furthermore, the article in question is dated July 27, 2009, which is weird, considering the last edit to the Wikipedia article was July 26.

Unless someone with better research skills than I can find more information about this subject, I would recommend delete.

... discospinster _talk 00:11, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delete While the article gives an outward appearance of being well-written, its cited sources are, well, quite lame. And that's being charitable. The guy who created this page has done a good job, but alas, he has written on a completely non-notable subject. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 02:34, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:47, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marian Renta was recently interviewed by Yolanda Sullivan, a reputable reporter, spokesperson, and business figure. A google search can corroborate this. His notability MAY be questionable, but I think there are enough sources to support his modest, but evident notability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.15.93.196 (talk) 11:29, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: Now we have to determine her notability before we can determine his? I did a Google search for Yolanda Sullivan and I didn't notice anything that speaks to her being a "reputable" figure. Can you supply anything that would help? ... discospinster _talk 19:45, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Notability. _{Guy M | Talk} 04:06, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How about just leaving the article alone. This person obviously exists, and obviously has some sort of notability, otherwise this discussion would not be taking place. He's no Michael Jackson, but for the love of God, let him have his article. He has fans and followers that would like to have some kind of source of information and biographical material on him. --J. Williams — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.15.93.196 (talk • contribs)

Keep —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gem719 (talk • contribs) 14:43, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Claims that may make him notable lack indepedent sources. I don't believe claim that he is "the first gay recording artist to write and produce an entire album with moderate to major commercial success". Article also contains a lot of BLP stuff that has no independent reliable sources which needs to be removed if the article is kept. Duffbeerforme (talk) 06:58, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
keep. You sound very opinionated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.15.93.196 (talk) 17:06, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete No meaningful, independent sources and the "first" claim is highly dubious; citing wikipedia as a source does the articel no credit Vartanza (talk) 05:16, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.