Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hobo Johnson

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 keep. (non-admin closure) Lourdes 16:32, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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This subject gained attention due to a submission from him and his band to NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Series. The limited press mainly comes from that or as a result of that, but it is still quite limited. Doing a Google search, most of the few sources are from local newspapers, and the YouTube video sourced in the article, although done by a notable music critic, is not a reliable source. Andise1 (talk) 03:00, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 04:36, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 04:36, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Hobo Johnson has received press coverage and the album The Rise of Hobo Johnson charted on Heatseekers Albums. Here is another article with info that could be used [1]. Article needs clean-up and expansion. Meets WP:MUSICBIO#2. Perhaps move/reformat page to be about the band. Thsmi002 (talk) 12:17, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Charting on a Billboard chart in and of itself does not always mean a musician or band is notable. Also, the sources are primarily local (Sacramento) and aside from those I can find no sources from major, non-local news or music outlets. This is a case of WP:TOOSOON. Andise1 (talk) 01:00, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep and clean up: As above keep said, Johnson's album charted on Billboard's up and coming artists list. Between NPR publicity and the local scene, he meets notability guidelines. I would quibble more about the "local" coverage, but the Bee is the flagship newspaper of a major city and one of the 30th largest papers in the United States. I can't see how a reformat would survive, as Lopes is the only notable member of the group. Still, the article is a mess and needs to be cleaned. Etzedek24 ^{(I'll talk at ya) (Check my track record)} 18:39, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep agree per Etzedek24. Emily Khine (talk) 09:57, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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