Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Catt Gravitt

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was withdrawn by nom / WP:SNOW. The subject has verified writing credit for a notable song and thus passes WP:COMPOSER. (Non-admin close). Stalwart111 01:42, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Catt Gravitt

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Seemingly an WP:AUTOBIO created by an WP:SPA with the same name as the article. Only a couple of the sources actually mention the subject at all and most of the article consists of unverified claims the subject has writing credit for a whole bunch of songs. Those sources that do mention the subject are the subject's bio published by her record label and a bio from an artists' rights organisation of which the subject seems to be a member. Having searched, I couldn't find any WP:SIGCOV in WP:RS. Stalwart111 11:10, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The following response to this AFD was posted to my TP rather than here, so I'm moving it here. Stalwart111 23:33, 4 February 2013 (UTC) [reply]

Comment - Hi....forgive me as I am new to the wikipedia community and learning as I go so I am trying to learn proper communication protocol etc.

I was HIRED by Catt Gravitt to make a personal wikipedia page for her to aid her in her career.

I was advised to take out phrases that sounded too personal or persuasive and have done this to the best of my ability.

ALL of my information has been APPROVED by Mrs. Gravitt as correct, and the sources and references to legitimate companies and websites are cited as I believe they should be.

I will review the page again, but every detail of her career, recognitions and awards, and songwriting information is factual and listing all of her credentials is important and necessary in developing new working relationships in the business as you can imagine.

If this page is deleted, my payment is in jeopardy because I was hired to do a job, and whoever nominated my page is causing my payment to be pending.

Please help me understand why you think my article doesn't meet wikipedia standards because it has ALREADY been approved.

It looks very unprofessional for Mrs. Gravitt to have a songwriter page with a note saying the information may not be valid or legitimate, and I need to get this fixed asap.

Thanks for your help, and for understanding my frustrations with the deletion nomination.

Catt Gravitt (talk) 23:01, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have responded here. Stalwart111 23:33, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Who cares if Catt Gravitt herself wrote the article? A quick google search clearly vouches for her notability and the article adds value to the Wikipedia project. If there's anything biased or not written from a neutral point of view in the article...then correct those specific deficiencies. Throwing the baby out with the bath water shows complete disregard for other people's time and effort. --Xerographica (talk) 00:18, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Effort is almost certainly assured when a conflict is involved but it is not, unfortunately, an inclusion justification. But as always, if you have any reliable sources that confer notability, feel free to post them here for consideration. Stalwart111 00:29, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here she is in a Country Music Television article...1. That alone sufficiently establishes her notability within her field. --Xerographica (talk) 00:44, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, we ordinarily require multiple reliable sources and one paragraph wouldn't normally be considered "significant coverage", but it's certainly a very good start. A couple more like that and we'd be there, as far as I'm concerned. Stalwart111 00:51, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

According to Billboard.com...she has a number one single. Being covered by CMT...and having a number one hit song...is way more than she truly needs to warrant having her own Wikipedia entry. --Xerographica (talk) 01:21, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I can see where it says she had... "one title on Billboard's Hot Country Songs every week during the eligibility period..." but that's not the same as a "number one single", unless I'm missing a line in there somewhere. Stalwart111 01:30, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Article does have proper supporting WP:RS. WP:PAY does not mandate article deletion. "[T]ransparency and neutrality are key." It looks like contributor is working to properly declare COI and willingness/eagerness to comply with WP:FIVE. And it looks like Gravitt meets notability standards. (X – if it's not already there, you otta add the CMT article to her article.) – S. Rich (talk) 00:55, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note. Contributor has posted a COI declaration on her talk page and the Gravitt talk page has a {{Connected contributor}} banner. – S. Rich (talk) 01:24, 5 February 2013 (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.