Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Z-Man (rapper) (2nd nomination)

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The result was redirect to One Block Radius. L Faraone 04:57, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Z-Man (rapper)

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Article does not meet WP:GNG. Koala15 (talk) 19:08, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment See my lament about BOAC. Same deal, although Z-Man didn’t really come into his own until a few years after BOAC had been a solo artist, but the point is, they’re both famous to 15 people. The difference I can see with Z-Man is that he was signed to a major (Def Jam, and Hiero Imperium is a pretty well-known indie within hip-hop). When I look him up on Google News I get a couple articles from Eureka, California newspaper Times-Standard from when he did shows for the backpacker hacky-sackers of Greater Northern California, a couple other dailies from smaller metros, mentions in free weeklies, and music magazines. Of course, the definition of “significant” is somewhat arbitrary. Oh, and apparently One Block Radius has opened for Snoop Dogg. *shrug* —Wiki Wikardo 02:38, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2013 June 10. Snotbot t • c » 19:25, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Sir Rcsprinter, Bt (chatter) @ 21:03, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Sir Rcsprinter, Bt (speak) @ 21:03, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Theopolisme (talk) 03:52, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect/Merge to his group, One Block Radius. He does not appear to be notable on his own. --MelanieN (talk) 18:26, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar · · 05:13, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect. So instead of kicking this back to no consensus again, the only real RS I'm finding are SF Weekly and All Music, so it doesn't pass the notability criteria for musicians and ensembles, but it's potentially close. Redirect to a notable (or at least more notable—time will tell) group is a better (read: cheap) solution. No cited information to merge. czar · · 05:44, 1 July 2013 (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.