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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:35, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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No indication of notability per WP:MUSICBIO, and no significant coverage online from WP:RS. Was nominated for, but did not win, an award of unclear notability. "...expected to receive major press coverage...", but not there yet. Norvoid (talk) 20:39, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete. I was on the fence on this one: as the nomination says, the artist appears to be on the cusp of notability even if they have not quite made it. However, something doesn't seem quite right - when you look at the indications of notability there are problems: the MTV one is run by Viacom and contains "content from artists, fans, and writers from around the internet" rather than reliable content - and, it seems, most of the other refs are to Viacom sites too. The most troubling is the claim that "He was listed as a rising star on Stokd Unltd.'s website", which struck me as interesting given that the article author is User:Stokd. Here is the article I presume is being referenced: [1], and here is another article on the site written by Kory Bard himself: [2]. There is clearly a COI here and I suspect this article is a marketing exercise which should be removed as spam. RichardOSmith (talk) 21:18, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: user removed the comment "He was listed as a rising star on Stokd Unltd.'s website" after I wrote the above here. RichardOSmith (talk) 22:13, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete for now at best as there are no better signs of a better notable article. SwisterTwister talk 06:38, 6 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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