Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Level Pi


 * 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. Fails WP:GNG. -Scottywong | talk _ 14:56, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Level Pi

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Musician who appears not to be notable. Lacks multiple releases on an important label. He does not inherit notability from appearing on another artisis album. Sources are primary or are not reliable sources. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. Nothing satisfying WP:MUSIC. duffbeerforme (talk) 07:33, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:27, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:27, 17 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:31, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:32, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi there, I am the one who initiated the Level Pi page. I am a German living in Australia where there is next to none coverage of "classic" electronic music in the Berlin School sense. I first listened to Level Pi when I was still living in Germany nearly 10 years back and his music combines the Berlin School with guitar sounds a la Pink Floyd which I believe is a new and unique style which warrants exposure in the English Wikipedia.

As the article states, Level-Pi's 1st CD was published in 2006 under the Garden of Delights label and his 2nd on the Musea label. Both important labels for krautrock and electronic/progressive music.

Level Pi's music was reviewed in magazines and e-zines important to this kind of music ("Exposé Magazine", "babyblaue-seiten.de", "backgroundmagazine.nl", "empulsiv.de" and others mentioned in the reference list)

It would be a loss if this article is not available anymore as it gives some attention to this fascinating kind of music and particularly this artist. Phoenix69 (talk) 01:59, 1 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete, no coverage in independent reliable sources = not suitable for appearance in an encyclopedia. Nyttend (talk) 03:28, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

I am against the proposal for deletion as this article presents an artist which warrants exposure in Wikipedia (see also my comments to Ron Ritzman above). Moreover, all references are from reliable sources as far as I can tell.

Phoenix69 (talk) 02:03, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I have to disagree. Many of them are reviews by various websites that aren't well known (note that our reliable sources standards speak of reliable sources as being those known for being trustworthy, not those unknown for falsehood), and the rest appear to be written by individuals not affiliated with the websites that published them.  Because of this, I am forced to believe that Level Pi doesn't have the kind of sustained detailed coverage from reliable sources that are independent of the subject, and therefore I must conclude that Level Pi doesn't belong in Wikipeida.  Nyttend (talk) 02:36, 1 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak delete per WP:MUSIC; point 5 could be argued to have been met in that I'd class both Garden of Delights and Musea as "important" indie labels in this particular field (a quick flick through Discogs shows 20 and 30 years' operation respectively, with some more notable artists in their catalogues), but we're still talking about relatively rather small-scale releases in a non-mainstream genre, and so I'd be wary of granting a pass based on WP:BAND 5. Beyond that, the sources provided so far don't really cut it per WP:RS and there's not much in them to indicate the act's notability in any event. ✤ Fosse 8 ✤ talk 10:21, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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