Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lavatorium (album)


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The result was redirect to Sponge (band). Eddie891 Talk Work 20:36, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Lavatorium (album)

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Fails WP:NALBUM. Has been repeatedly redirected to Sponge (band), and repeatedly restored by the article creator, so bringing this to AfD to establish a consensus. The band were briefly famous in the mid-1990s, but to be honest, all of their albums in the 21st century are of dubious notability and could be redirected or merged, and this one even more so – no reviews in reliable sources anywhere as far as I can tell, and no charting anywhere in the world. Current sources are one sentence from the band's AllMusic biography that says "the album was released"; a Spanish collective music blog which says nothing about the credentials of the contributors, but the writer of this particular article is a secondary school teacher; and the personal blog of a writer. The only source which could remotely be considered worthwhile is the Icon vs. Icon source, which hasn't been established to be an RS, and is not a review of the album, but more an advertisement for its forthcoming release, complete with link to the video of the lead single. There are no RSes to determine that this album is notable beyond being released. Richard3120 (talk) 15:47, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Richard3120 (talk) 15:48, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Richard3120 (talk) 15:48, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I just added two additional references to the article. T Yorke (talk) 22:05, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * One of which appears to be an Italian blog, the other is a WP:PRIMARY interview with the band's singer, neither of them have any indication of professional journalism or editorial control, and neither appear to be RS. Richard3120 (talk) 02:26, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Sponge (band) (again, apparently): no additional coverage found, definitely doesn't pass WP:NMUSIC in its current state. QuietHere (talk) 15:40, 28 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Sponge (band). Fails WP:NALBUM per nom. Rock The Best Music and Icon vs. Icon are reliable and in-depth enough, but not enough for an album to warrant an article. SBKSPP (talk) 07:04, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Not sure how Rock the Music is reliable when it is quite obviously a blog, but still. Richard3120 (talk) 16:10, 1 October 2022 (UTC)


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