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Eric West

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Non-notable obscure "celebrity"; a fluff piece about a "star" whose single was allegedly briefly on the charts in Bolivia, was reported to have dated some models and singer-actresses, etc., had an album that was talked about but never released, shot a TV pilot, etc. What's the male for "starlet"? This has been here for years but never has established any actual notability for the guy. Look at the photos: Eric West attends this party and this show, etc. So bloody what? Orange Mike | Talk 21:20, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep. Interestingly enough it seems like the same people who want this deleted are unfamiliar with Eric (or claim to be). More so, I find it interesting the same (2) people who want it deleted spend a lot of time checking/editing this Wikipedia (again claim to be unfamiliar with it). This article is more than fine, it has adequate sources from AllMusic, MTV, US Magazine, AOL Music, Yahoo News. Want more do you need? If it need editing for somewhat of a better tone that's something not up to me, but it clearly does not require deletion. ItsRTime (talk) 12:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Broken links, trivia pages, another photo of Eric standing in front of an event sign, YouTube clips - including one where he is simply a member of the audience pulled onto the stage during a song yet magically according to this article the 'event' becomes interpreted as a "discovery of bright new star" ! RossRSmith (talk) 13:24, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I checked the links, and there are less than a handful of broken, most of the article is well-sourced and verifiable and again does not require deletion ItsRTime (talk) 14:10, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  1. All Music: http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gifoxqwsldke
  2. AOL: http://music.aol.com/artist/eric-west/2239052
  3. NY Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2006/04/21/2006-04-21_gatecrasher_milian_myspaces_out_about_an.html
  4. Mario Official website listing Eric West as producer : http://www.mario2u.com/music/go
  5. MTV : http://www.mtv.dk/mtv/?StoryId=1247
  6. Yahoo News: http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/1:us_weekly995:b3515614bac6f02caa0f65ccb9d966c2

All those first two links tell you is that West's supposed music career to date amounts to precisely nothing. The AOL one is a verbatim copy of the allmusic one so they hardly count as two sources. I can't even be bothered to check the rest. Plus it seems like the same one or two people who want this kept are the same one or two people who keep trying to stifle any discussion of it (look how many times the discussion page has been wiped by certain people any time anyone casts any doubt on the point of this entry) 192.70.242.62 (talk) 14:41, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can't be bothered to check the rest sources but you want this article deleted? Can your vote be taken seriously then? Precisely nothing happened to his career? He recently worked (produced or wrote) on albums for Mario, David Hernandez and Cher, and has been in almost every gossip magazine under the sun. So maybe to you he isn't notable, but for some he is. The guy had an endorsement deal with American Eagle http://popular.ebay.com/ns/Clothing-Shoes-Accessories-/American-Eagle-Outfitters.html . I doubt he would have had it if he wasn't notable. That does not require deletion. ItsRTime (talk) 15:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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