Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lady Kola

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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:50, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lady Kola

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There is already a Draft:Lady Kola that is in better shape than this version, which says the subject was born in Eritrea and/or South Sudan and otherwise consists of publicity blurbs stitched together. Definitely not ready for mainspace. I think it should either go to draft or be deleted and redirected to the existing draft. Mccapra (talk) 06:25, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians, Women, and Africa. Mccapra (talk) 06:25, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete. Looks like cut-and-paste copyvio from Profileability.com. (Also, some sentences aren't even complete.) Cielquiparle (talk) 07:36, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - This version definitely has to go. As the nominator said, a different draft version is actually in better shape, and the creators of that draft can work on better sources if they arise in the future. Overall, this singer repeats the pattern that we see with a lot of new African acts: the management gets them into a lot of unreliable gossip blogs and shameless promo sites that merely reprint publicity announcements, and those are then used as "evidence" of notability in an equally messy WP article. The exact same thing happens with the awards shows, such as the South Sudan Music Awards for this singer. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:01, 17 January 2023 (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.