Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dark Lunacy (2nd nomination)


 * 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 no consensus. (No prejudice against speedy renomination per low participation herein.) North America1000 01:24, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Dark Lunacy
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Amazingly, this has been here for over 10 years with no source other than a Facebook page. A search for coverage found nothing significant in reliable sources other than an album review in the Italian version of Metal Hammer. They had one album distributed in Japan by Victor, which may suggest some notability, but I think we need more than that to keep this. Previously kept at AfD in 2008 on the basis of releases and the fact that articles exist in five other language WPs. There are now articles in ten other languages, but they don't have a single reliable source between them. Michig (talk) 10:49, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. GSS  (talk |c|em ) 11:07, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions. GSS  (talk |c|em ) 11:07, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment The band's output seems to have fairly broad visibility in online heavy metal circles, according to Google (searching for "dark lunacy" review). Some years ago, there was a concerted effort to vet online metal review sites, which resulted in many of them being judged unreliable; I don't know what happened to that list and don't remember what was on it, but the band has attracted notice from sites such as metal-archives.com, Sputnik Music, metalstorm.net, metal-temple.com, chroniclesofchaos.com, metalreviews.com, metal.de, metal-rules.com, musikreviews.de, lordsofmetal.nl, and powermetal.de. That's an awful lot of international and polyglot attention for an Italian band, which, combined with the Wiki articles in ten languages, is at least a prima facie indicator that the group may be noteworthy. Are all of these review sites considered blogs or unreliable sources? The French version of the article is extensively footnoted with some of these reviews, and has sources noting international tours (and a DVD "Live in Mexico City"...). Chubbles (talk) 00:21, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 16:15, 15 January 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:48, 22 January 2017 (UTC)


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