Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Corandcrank


 * 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 delete.  Sandstein  10:18, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Corandcrank

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Article about a band, not properly referenced as passing WP:NMUSIC. The notability claim on offer here is that they exist, and the referencing is entirely to primary and unreliable sources that are not support for notability, such as YouTube videos and their own self-published web presence and a directory listing for the death of a person whose relevance to this band is completely unexplained. As always, bands are not automatically entitled to have Wikipedia articles just because they exist: they must have notability claims that pass one or more criteria in NMUSIC, and they must have third-party coverage in real media about them to verify that said notability claims are actually accurate, but this article demonstrates neither of those things. Bearcat (talk) 19:01, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:01, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Azerbaijan-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:01, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 * This music group is encyclopedic enough. Corandcrank are global artist group. One of the band's music was watched by 40 million people. They are verified artist on Spotify and have 140K monthly listeners. Santorica (talk) 20:55, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Quote from Bearcat: "bands are not automatically entitled to have Wikipedia articles just because they exist". Spotify and youtube are not reliable sources. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 17:05, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * For the purposes of inclusion in Wikipedia, notability is not "they're on Spotify" or "they got X number of streams on Spotify or YouTube" — it's "they have third party journalistic coverage about them in media outlets independent of their own self-created web presence, independently verifying that their notability claims are actually true". Put another way, notability isn't "they did a thing", it's "journalists cared enough about the significance of the thing they did to write news stories about it". Bearcat (talk) 16:45, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  23:55, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
 *  Delete per nom. I think the article qualifies for a speedy A7 deletion . - Kevo3 2 7 (talk) 01:17, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * 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.