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The result was keep. ✗plicit 01:05, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Kitt Wakeley[edit]

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No indication of Notability, fails WP:GNG, WP:MUSICBIO. Topic does not receive significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. DMySon (talk) 06:37, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Comment Many hits in Google, mostly from the Oklahoman newspaper, one in the Deccan Chronicle, looks like a cut and paste from Wikipedia. Nothing really found outside of local sources. Oaktree b (talk) 19:53, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:51, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 13:21, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong keep Kitt certainly quite notable, so I'm surprised by this nomination. He has a lot of news in Oklahoma and around the US. He's got several Billboard Charts hits and thus meets WP:NMUSIC.

His Midnight in Macedonia was on the first round of Grammy ballots in four different categories: Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, Best Arrangement Instrumental A Capella, Best Instrumental Composition, and Best Rock Performance.

The first three releases from the album hit number one on the Billboard Charts' Hard Rock Digital Sales, while at the same time hitting other Billboard Charts such as Rock Digital Song Sales and Hot Hard Rock Songs Chart.

The album itself hit number one on Billboard's Crossover Classical and Classical Charts, hitting the categories of Heatseekers, Hard Rock Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Current Album Sales, Top Album Sales, Independent Albums.

These statements about the Billboard Charts are not sourced in the article. I have marked them there as ^{[citation needed]} because these seem to be the key facts that would establish notability. Please say what your sources are, thanks. Also, I'm not sure that being on a first round Grammy ballot is significant - it appears that anyone can nominate within a category - but I can't confirm that on the Grammy site. However, this fact also needs to be sourced. Lamona (talk) 00:21, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as a result. Apricotrabbit (talk) 22:53, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per above. He has stories in The Oklahoman [1][2], Broadway World [3][4], and even quite a bit of news on his family background [5], as well as many other news sites. Awards and nominations are notable. MaghrebiFalafel (talk) 20:51, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep There's enough between the sources shared above to establish notability. NemesisAT (talk) 20:56, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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