Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manolo Otero

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The result was keep. Missvain (talk) 00:19, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Manolo Otero

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Poorly referenced stub about a non-notable singer/actor, fails WP:GNG / WP:BIO. I would normally have speedied this, but that was tried and rejected, hence this AfD. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 19:34, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Brazil-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:55, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment Jeez you guys don't give up do you? Go ahead. Delete the article. But when you do, be sure to also remove all of the links to it to avoid all the unsightly redlinks. Dondervogel 2 (talk) 20:05, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - This particular article is hideous because it only says that the singer recorded one Christmas song that was not even a hit single. But as seen at Spanish WP ([1]) there is more to say about him, and basic directories like Discogs etc. list a lot of works from a lengthy career. Alas, the sources at Spanish WP are themselves dim and unreliable, and it seems that significant media coverage eluded him. As a pre-Internet singer he could possibly be found in Google Books sources, but all I found there are brief magazine mentions and name-drops in lists of similar singers. Modern online coverage consists only of social media chatter from fans and a few announcements of his death in 2011. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 22:31, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep He was very successful for the main song he released, and did record more albums after, so there is definitely some notability there. If he was a modern artist, he would definitely be more covered and would be kept, there are most likely more sources, at least give it a chance by draftifying. Also agree with Dondervogel 2 on how so many people instantly attacked this article as being overly aggressive, especially for a very recent page creation. Seacactus 13 (talk) 02:15, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am not particularly passionate about this article either way, but the above vote is screaming for a link to Wikipedia:But there must be sources!. I would not be opposed to Draftify so someone can find those supposed sources without embarrassing public Wikipedia with a half-baked article. Same for Spanish Wikipedia too. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:48, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are plenty of sources in Spanish. Here's one stating 10 million sales in Brazil alone. As far as I know he was more successful in Spain than in Brazil. There must be sources in Portuguese too. Dondervogel 2 (talk)

Keep. Multiple albums with major labels, EMI and Columbia. duffbeerforme (talk) 12:36, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep selling 10 million recordings in Brazil and recording on major labels are definite signs of notability. The article has a better chance of improvement in mainspace as some of the public interested in this man may edit and improve the article, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 01:28, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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