Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adom (artist)

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 redirect‎ to Boston (band). Editors making policy-based arguments are nearly unanimous that this artist does not meet WP:MUSICBIO. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 04:58, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Adom (artist)

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Non-notable musician, fails WP:MUSICBIO. The Rolling Stone article (Boston Come Back) is the only source which looks to be WP:RS, and that's largely a passing mention. My own searching didn't find anything better.

I could probably just redirect this to Boston (band) on my own per WP:BANDMEMBER but given the controversy that's going on (WP:AN thread, SPI) I figured it was better to get a more authoritative decision. RoySmith (talk) 14:18, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Bands and musicians, and United States of America. Skynxnex (talk) 14:46, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

• (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Sources https://billboardsound.com/recording-artist-adom-interview/ (https://billboardsound.com/recording-artist-adom-interview/) https://www.bostonherald.com/2010/05/26/ex-boston-members-scholz-sparred-in-court/amp/ https://www.bostonherald.com/2013/08/21/judge-rejects-rockers-bid-to-ban-ex-bandmates-from-using-boston-name/amp/ Anton Cosmo was a former member of Boston. From 1999-2006. This is a part of history and a shame to see this page deleted when time passes and these people are gone. Wikipedia will still be there. Please consider taking this article and help it stay. It was created many years ago when he was a member of the band and touring. Currently the artist is making waves and starting to gain notable press. Here are a few links clearly showing his time in the band and this was a ruling by a federal court judge. Article should stay indefinitely — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.217.194.170 (talk • contribs) 10 July 2023 (UTC)

• Weak Keep, alternatively, redirect to Boston (band). He's pretty borderline for WP:NMUSIC - per that, individual musicians are redirected to their bands unless they individually satisfy notability guidelines, and I'm not sure he does. He does have a few articles from Billboard and another news outlet, though. They're pretty scant, but it's something, and they cover his solo work since he left Boston. Kalethan (talk) 20:39, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
  • Changed vote from Redirect to Weak Keep, edited entry above. Kalethan (talk) 15:13, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
• It looks like the entire band is being targeted for notable tags and deletion.seems almost like someone is trying to erase history? It’s only fair if one goes down then they all should come down. I vote they all stay up, and let the musicians have articles because they all were part of a pretty cool band. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dreykaa (talk • contribs) 01:04, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
• Redirect to Boston (band). Just about all of the info on this musician is about his time in Boston, so his temporary membership can be discussed there, while his songwriting credits are already covered in the article for the one album on which he appeared. His non-Boston work has received no reliable coverage and is only visible in promotional announcements and the usual streaming services. And finally, he was discussed in articles about the lawsuit in which he was sued for promoting himself as a former member of Boston (linked by a commenter above), which means that he has few other ways to promote himself. That also shows that there is no need for his own article here. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:31, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

  I disagree with this because I see a lot of links with current press on Adom on his page. This seem pretty notable to me. Since his time in Boston he's had numerous projects. I've been following him for 20 years. Not notable? People want to know what the musicians in these highly popular bands are doing today. There are at least 20 musicians that have been in Boston and because they were in the band Boston makes each and everyone of them notable. Steve Hackett, Lawrence Juber and many other musicians shouldn't have a Wiki page according to the poster above. That's crazy. If you were in a popular band that sold millions of records. You are notable. These rules are stupid. 2603:9001:5000:5E29:A986:5FFD:E166:40E7 (talk) 03:23, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

• Revert back to Anton Cosmo. His name with the group Boston. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dreykaa (talk • contribs) 11 July 2023 (UTC)
• Kommentar - The people above who are in favor of keeping the article have done little or nothing else in Wikipedia. Most of them also put their comments in the wrong place, which I have fixed. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 12:17, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

  I would have to disagree on this. The people who are not involved in writing wiki articles are very invloved in donating to wikipedia. Common folks. 74.78.194.27 (talk) 05:22, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

• Redirect. For what it's worth, the Billboard sources are not Billboard magazine, but Billboard Sound, which appears to be its press release offshoot. The "interview" (and all others like it on the site) appear to be the same generic template questions filled in exclusively with the artist's own answers. There is nothing to indicate this is actual journalism, as there is nothing written by an independent author (here just credited as "Staff") to reinforce or contradict anything the artist said. I'd say this is a very poor quality source for establishing notability. Rift (talk) 20:38, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
• Go back to Anton Cosmo article. "For what it's worth" It seems like there are the same two users voting over and over again. I vote go back to Anton Cosmo. If we delete the article, the rest of the former band members have to come down. At least Cosmo has new music and press and also 16 million views on his single Kids of America. How many other former members have these numbers? Not even Scholz himself has much going on. Something to ponder over. This artist is pretty active and notable to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dreykaa (talk • contribs) 06:24, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
• Redirect to Boston (band). I cannot find sufficient significant coverage to support individual notability per WP:MUSICBIO, searching by both names. Schazjmd (talk) 17:11, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
• Keep The musician is current and I see more references being added daily. I have been watching this guy for years. He is also verified (artist verification not paid sub) on social media platforms and very popular. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.217.194.170 (talk) 18:16, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

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