Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Owl City (2nd nomination)


 * 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. –Juliancolton Happy Holidays 01:04, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Owl City
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No real claim to notability. 2 albums are independently released, not on an important label. lacks coverage in reliable sources. Duffbeerforme (talk) 11:16, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note to closing admin: Many links to this article have been placed in articles, and other articles have been redirected to this one via AFD. Please check incoming links and redirects.  Jerry   delusional ¤ kangaroo 01:57, 16 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete, while the AbsolutePunk.net ref is good, it's only 1, and WP:MUSIC calls for multiple sources. Searches bring up nothing of substance. Willing to change vote if something more comes to light.   Esradekan Gibb    "Talk" 11:37, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Is it good? It looked to me to be a user submitted review. Duffbeerforme (talk) 12:11, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It's borderline. AbsolutePunk.net is an established site, and the reviewer has 12 other reviews posted, but it is very blog-like. Another borderline article, at Drake University's Times-Delphic, also reviews the band, but doesn't mention any other notable coverage. College newspaper articles, "would generally be considered trivial but should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis." WP:MUSIC See also a review at Portrait Magazine ("articles, reviews and celebrity interviews, written by ... High School and College students, each of whom is working toward being a professional journalist or graphic designer of tomorrow"), Melodic.net (a news aggregator?), and In Your Speakers (merely one sentence more than a "simpl[e] report [of] performance dates". travisl (talk) 17:18, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, and see also Daily Chorus, which was mentioned in AfD1. travisl (talk) 17:26, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * So I guess that makes me a Weak Keep. travisl (talk) 17:32, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
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 * Delete, user submitted reviews do not count for WP:MUSIC in my opinion. --fvw *  08:56, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: article fails to stablish notability, per WP:MUSIC. JamesBurns (talk) 23:59, 17 December 2008 (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.