Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flesh Field


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The result was Delete. -- Balloonman (talk) 21:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Flesh Field

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Article lacks any independent sources, and there are no assertions of notability. Seems to fail the notability and WP:MUSIC guidelines. Jayron32| talk | contribs 05:51, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Bundled with this nomination is Strain (album), an article on an album by this band which also fails all applicable notability guidelines and lacks independent sources. --Jayron32| talk | contribs  05:53, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm not a regular contributor, but I noticed this, and since I like Flesh Field I thought I should comment. According to WP:MUSIC criterion #10, they're notable if they have performed music for a notable work of media. According to http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-music-in-project-gotham-racing-3 their music is included in the soundtrack for X-Box game Project Gotham Racing 3. They were also interviewed by VampireFreaks.com, a major industrial/EBM site (http://vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=24&t=Flesh+Field) (criterion 1), they have a song on a compilation by Dependant Records (criterion 10 again), and they were featured in an issue of Orkus Magazine (criterion 1 again) (I don't have independent sources for the last two.) They're currently signed with Metropolis Records, which is the biggest industrial music label in the USA, and they've released one record with them (halfway to criterion 5). If this isn't sufficient for notability, then go ahead and delete the article, but I will be sad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.180.167.212 (talk • contribs)
 * Reply Thank you for your reply. Though you admit that you are not a regular contributor, you seem to have a grasp of what notability requires.  Thank you for providing these sources, as sources are what this article needs.  However, I must contend that neither of these sources points towards notability.  As noted in Criterion #10 of WP:MUSIC which you cite above, and I quote "But if this is the only claim, it is probably more appropriate to have a mention in the main article and redirect to that page."  Thus, while inclusion of a single song by the band in question towards a video game soundtrack may combine with OTHER claims of notability to add to the "multiple" requirement of the Primary Criterion as spelled out in WP:N, it should not be the SOLE claim of notability.  Also, the VampireFreaks site has a bit of a bloggish smell to it.  Again, such sites may help add to notability, but I would like to see more in the way of reliable sources, such as print magazines, journals, newspapers, or websites with editorial controlls that miror those sites, such as allmusic.com, which lacks even a basic biography of the band in question.  Its a good start, and you have the right idea.  Please keep searching, and see if you can find more reliable sources, but for now I stand by the nomination.  --Jayron32| talk | contribs  03:20, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete both per WP:MUSIC unless more reliable sources can be found to verify notability. I went hunting for record reviews, but couldn't find anything. If there were an article for the soundtrack of Project Gotham Racing 3, the band's page could be redirected to it, but there isn't—there's not even a tracklist at the game article. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:42, 14 November 2007 (UTC)


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