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AfD nomination of Ekpyrotek

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RE your message, I'll offer as much help as I can...

First, without any sort of independent coverage, it is fundamentally impossible to create a proper Wikipedia article because any such article would fail Wikipedia's policies of verifiability, neutral point-of-view and no original research. The notability guidelines, such as WP:MUSIC, are an extension of these policies interpreted throught the lens of the policy-defined limitations of Wikipedia's content. The guidelines exist to help contributors find and add relevant information to an article to assert its encyclopedic relevance and improve the content. Topics that appear not to meet the guidelines and/or policies are brought to deletion discussions (like AfD) for wider community input and attention. Sometimes an AfD nomination is the best thing to happen to an article—it spurs the improvement and sourcing of the content and brings new editors into contact with the article in question.

As for this article in particular, as I and other editors have noted, there appears to be no external coverage of this musician (that is, no coverage by any reliable source other than seemingly self-published pages. That's a big problem, perhaps insurmountable. That some of his work receives play on an internet radio station isn't much help, frankly. And the defcon link has little information and none about his music. I don't see this working out, to be honest, in your favor. — Scientizzle 19:37, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Fine, I believe you that you're not the same as EYEZONLY (talk · contribs). It doesn't matter much anyways, the article is almost certainly going to be deleted. As for your most recent message, Teli Brown doesn't seem like an appropriate subject for a Wikipedia article, either. Review WP:BIO and give it a shot if you're so inclined, but don't be surprised if you run into the same thing... — Scientizzle 20:40, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Sock puppet remarks

1) My last comment referred to WP:SPA and not sock-puppetry. 2) Yes, as you say, talk about sock-puppetry is probably out of order... it looks far more like meatpuppets. I just call 'em as I see 'em. --WebHamster 22:55, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

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