Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marin Local Music


 * 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. Salvio giuliano 18:42, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Marin Local Music

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Based on the following reasons, the Marin Local Music article should be deleted:

1. The article appears to be promotional in nature, rather than being an objective and neutral source of information. The tone and content of the article suggest that it was written to promote Marin Local Music rather than to inform readers about the subject.

2. The article lacks independent, reliable sources that would establish the notability of the subject. While there are a few links to news articles, they seem to be promotional in nature and do not provide substantial coverage of the subject. Yellowstone caldera (talk) 18:00, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Entertainment, Organizations,  and California. AllyD (talk) 18:46, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 22:38, 22 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Strong delete. No evidence of notabiity. The article cites no sources. It describes a local social network which has a website. A Google search finds me just two hits: Wikipedia, and a Wikipedia mirror. Maproom (talk) 23:32, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Strong delete as totally non-notable: Article is fluffy, chatty and wholly unsourced. No great wonder about that last, as I find nothing about the organisation, even from 10 years ago (and even its abysmal WordPress site linked in the article didn't come up). Of the 5 ELs mentioned by nom, the first three are dead, the fourth is but a passing mention, and the fifth is an article promoting multiple upcoming local events where the second graf is about a battle of the bands coordinated in part by MLM. Nobody is writing about them, apparently only one person ever wrote for their 5-post blog site, and I'm guessing Shelley and Dave have moved on to something else. So should we. &mdash; JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 13:57, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * And I now notice, after looking at the page history, that the first 16 substantive edits (resulting in pure promo, e.g. "Check back in often as there are lots of features planned. Better yet, use the contact form to send us your ideas and feedback. Sign up if you haven't already and you too can support local music..." ) were by User:Funkipus and User:Dchampine, whom I suspect of being Shelley and Dave Champine, respectively. The initiators of the article's subject are apparently the initiators of the subject article. &mdash; JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 14:09, 23 March 2023 (UTC)


 * 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.