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The result was delete. czar 21:11, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Shahid Shabaz (Musician)

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The notability of this person is dubious at best. As per the original prod, the sources are crufty and unreliable and for someone who has such a high claim as the "Voice of the UAE" I would expect actual meaningful independent coverage of bother Shabaz and the award, which is also not notable. Praxidicae (talk) 17:13, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. I don't see anything here that meets WP:GNG or WP:MUSIC. Sources given are dubious (i.e. identical text with different bylines) or otherwise basically a couple of paragraphs of anonymous promotional copy. ... discospinster _talk 17:16, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:23, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:23, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Hi You guys have put tag twice and adminstrator has removed it and said it that its not promotional kindly references are not promotional please check twice.Memon KutianaWala (talk) 17:32, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

They declined a speedy, you can't decline an AFD. It's still all PR nonsense. None of the sources are independent, reliable coverage. They are from dubious publishers. Winning an award isn't notable. Winning a notable award would help establish that. Voice of UAE is not notable, nor is the other award. Praxidicae (talk) 17:33, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You're saying the same that article is based on promotional and i'm asking why ? i am getting references from Google and the artist is notable as i have seen him in newspaper too , few indians notable newspaper has mentioned him. i will add and also note i don't know the artist neither i am taking money from anyone. i am occasionally write on Pakistani celebrities as well as indian.

ThanksMemon KutianaWala (talk) 17:41, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I literally explained why above. Praxidicae (talk) 18:06, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – the existing sources are a couple of different press releases, each of which is reprinted two or three times (sometimes minimally rewritten but unmistakably PRs) and some sources that don't even mention Shabaz. I can't find any reliable independent sources anywyere. Appears to be WP:UPANDCOMING but there is no sign of him meeting any applicable notability criteria yet. --bonadea contributions talk 19:14, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

delete Subject doesnt have significant coverage. All I could find were a few obvious PR/press releases, thus failing general notability criteria. Subject also fails notability criteria for singers. —usernamekiran(talk) 10:12, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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