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 soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Tfindlay44, if you would like this in draft space to incorporate sourcing such as the one Nfitz identified, I'm happy to provide. You do no need to go through refund. Star Mississippi 02:00, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Martin Springett (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Appears to fail WP:CREATIVE. Unsourced. – Ploni (talk) 01:26, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Artists, England, and Canada. Ploni (talk) 01:26, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Might be able to craft a small article about Springett as an illustrator. Everything else is non-notable, unreferenced and written in a non-neutral style. All music appears to be self-published. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 21:03, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  I put this page together for Martin Springett and would like to revise it so that it won’t be deleted. I can certainly write about him as an illustrator as suggested. In terms of his music, his recent work is being published by Music Revolution Records https://mrrmusic.com/project/the-gardening-club/. Also The Riddle and the original Gardening Club album were released by Gonzo Music in the UK https://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk.

  I will remove references to his self published music.

  I am unsure which parts of the current page are considered to be written “like an advertisement”. Can you please let me know where the inappropriate wording is so I can edit it? Thanks. Tfindlay44 (talk) 16:56, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tfindlay44 There is a considerable amount of biographical information that is entirely unreferenced. I am guessing that you have personal knowledge of this info, rather than that you found this all out in reliable sources. That albums were released is really the least of the task ahead, especially if what you wish to cite is the music company itself. Every fact in the article must come from a reliable, third-party source. I would say that your first step is to identify such sources and add them to the article. That is more important than the wording, which can easily be fixed. Note that any un-referenced information can legitimately be deleted by other editors, so it isn't enough to reference a few bits - it has to be all referenced. Lamona (talk) 16:27, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Okay thanks. I'll see what I can do in terms of adding references. 2604:3D08:237E:7730:ADED:332E:BD2F:8E1A (talk) 16:36, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have re-written the page and inserted references. Is there anything else that I need to do? Tfindlay44 (talk) 21:11, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The references mostly appear to be works he has done, or awards he received. We need references that discuss his work, or awards. @Tfindlay44: Nfitz (talk) 05:09, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a good reference that should go a long to proving notability -A 1991 Edmonton Journal article about him. ProQuest 251798614. Find another similar reference about him and you're golden. Nfitz (talk) 05:15, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Wikipedia is not meant to be a place for agents of people to post biographies of them.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:07, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  I am not an agent. I am a friend. Are friends not allowed to post biographies? 2604:3D08:237E:7730:514F:BB71:1DED:1080 (talk) 20:29, 23 May 2022 (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.