Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mustache rock


 * 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. ~ fl 09:41, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Mustache rock

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Non-notable genre, essentially. I can't find any evidence of it actually existing except for some silly "popstrology" site. Ironholds (talk) 18:04, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. This kind of stuff practically amounts to vandalism. Drmies (talk) 18:16, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  18:20, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article needs expanding and addtional references need adding - but Google shows they are there. [Note also the alternative spelling "Moustache"]. Rescue, do not delete. I42 (talk) 19:12, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Tried looking for sources using both "moustache" and "mustache" and came up with nothing but blogs, Last.fm and other such unreliable sources. WP:MADEUP genre again. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 19:18, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ,, . I42 (talk) 19:42, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment In reverse order... the third is a non-notable blog about a band that "self-describes" as mustache rock (WP:MADEUP, WP:NEO); the second is an article about the very same band, again admitting that the band believes themselves to have invented an entirely new genre (which is therefore non-notable; we're having fun with this one over at the Wicca music AfD); the third is the most interesting. It actually appears to be commercially published, which is promising, but given that the bands on their list are evidently better described by other genre terms I'm tempted to believe that the article is a spoof of a number of bands, rather than a legitimate descritpion of a genuine genre. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 20:01, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:Complete Bollocks - sheesh! Eddie.willers (talk) 19:25, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I am in the process of publishing the article of Mustache Rock. I respect your concerns on the actual existence of this music genre. However, I have done a large amount of scholarly and non-scholarly research on this topic. I have not completed my edits and only put up the description of the term as a start. The completed article will be posted a week from today (4/23), I will post my rationale for my content as well on the discussion page for those of you who are concerned. Thank you.Obscuremusic149 (talk) 20:28, 16 April 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Obscuremusic149 (talk • contribs) 20:26, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Please read WP:OWN. Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 21:32, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Non-existent genre with no reliable sources to its existence. Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 21:35, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Feel free to edit if you find any information. I understand that I am not the only user who can edit this page, it is a work in progress. 150.135.92.25 (talk) 21:43, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: an article on moustache rock with no mention of Freddie Mercury? Anyway, this appears to be a made up genre with no significant 3rd party coverage. JamesBurns (talk) 04:07, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note – This user has been blocked for sock puppetry and vote-stacking at AfDs. List of Confirmed sock puppets of User:JamesBurns Untick (talk) 14:53, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Not even the rock-god Lemmy! Pah! Eddie.willers (talk) 04:55, 17 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. Article needs expansion and verification, but this talk page suggests that such expansion is forthcoming. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.231.164.234 (talk) 18:46, 17 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete — Article seems to have been written as a joke. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 11:29, 19 April 2009 (UTC))


 * Keep - Article seems to be valid; let author continue publishing to establish the validity of his/her subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jestervr (talk • contribs) 16:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - Genre appears to be made up. Also I am concerned with the possibility of sock puppeting occurring here, the last two keep votes are both by users whose only edits appear to be on this page, both comments urging us to listen to Obscuremusic49's comment to let him continue to edit the page. Seems very suspicious. Tej68 (talk) 02:50, 23 April 2009 (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.