Deletion of Ill Mitch (2nd nomination)

Comment: When the argument for keep is based on the premise that we should ignore  for this article, there's a problem
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)

Comment: Fails ''''''. The subject has not "been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician/ensemble itself and reliable." The mention in ''Stuff'' magazine is only a couple of dozen words, buried in the middle pages.Subject cannot be found on Amazon.com, which is a pretty good indication that he fails criteria about sales. All of the many Ghits are trivial sites: social networking (mySpace, and similar) and directories (including user-posted sites like lyric sites and Last FM).There are no reviews by non-trivial independent publications.Have you noticed the 'update' posted to the blog entry, the URL of which was proved by the editor: http://www.boingboing.net/2003/06/12/russian_rapper_ill_m.html Specifically: "should be obvious that this is a hoax. But if it's not, well, now it is." The mention in ''Stuff'' also hints at this.The creator of this version of the article seems to have a '''''', indicated by 1) desperation to keep this on Wikipedia, 2) this article is the full concern of his http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=250&target=Jellonuts contributions here since 15 November 2006 (after a 10 month absence), and 3) communication with the subject is proven through his very abrupt assertions that he has permission to post the images.All of the concerns expressed in the first AFD are still very valid. At the end of the day, this is about a non-notable rapper (per ) using Wikipedia for self promotion. There is very little on even his own website to indicate notability. All we have to go on is an incredibly brief mention in a lads mag. According to the cited blog entry, provided by
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:MUSIC||WP:COI||WP:MUSIC)