Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pixilated Theory


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The result was   delete.  Sandstein  06:30, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Pixilated Theory

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Band does not meet any of the music group notability guidelines. Little significant coverage in reliable (i.e. non-blog) independent sources. Contested speedy and PROD. MikeWazowski (talk) 18:46, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep ~In my opinion the following have been met according to the wikipedia guidelines -
 * 1. "Has won or placed in a major music competition." - Makeastar Competition that has been listed
 * 2. "Has performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g. a theme for a network television show, performance in a television show or notable film, inclusion on a notable compilation album, etc." - Makeastar was shown on the FUSETV Network (A Major network).
 * 3. "Has been placed in rotation nationally by any major radio network." Sirius XMU on Sirius Satellite Radio and LIVE365 a major internet radio network.
 * 4. "Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable and are independent from the musician or ensemble itself." - RadioIndy's Team has Reviewed the group.
 * 5. "Has won or been nominated for a major music award" - GrIndie Award
 * - The Group's album sales are also the top on CDBaby (which is listed on wikipedia as notable). However, since CDBaby changes the top seller page rotation, I have yet to find a suitable citation for the page. Dan o d 1988 (talk) 19:01, 12 July 2011 (UTC) — Dan o d 1988 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Comment - In response to your claims, re: #1) "Won or placed" means either they were a finalist, or they won. This is not the case - they were one of "over 200 bands and solo artists who uploaded their music videos to MakeAStar.com to compete for a $10,000 grand prize in the Original Music Contest." A clip was shown on TV - that's not winning or placing. Re: #2)they did not perform music *for* FuseTV, the MakeAStar program just included a 20 second clip of them as part of a bracket. That's almost the textbook definition of a trivial mention. Re: #3) You keep making this claim, but it's completely unreferenced (or poorly referenced) in the article. Re:#4) The RadioIndy blog is not a reliable source - which also means that #5 is shot, as the GrIndie Award is hardly a major music award. Your CDbaby claims are not corroborated by the CDbaby website, which makes the claims incredibly suspect. MikeWazowski (talk) 19:22, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Comments to the response - #1 In order to be featured on the television showing on FUSETV, they had to be a finalist. Therefore, they had to have placed to appear on said show.  #2 I'll give you that they did not perform for FUSETV itself.  However, like I said in #1, they had to be a finalist to appear on the television show.  #3 Still trying to locate the site I found for this reference.  I thought I put it in the article, but due to MikeWazowski's continued deletion and editing of different references/information I put in the article, I am presently confounded by what/why things are missing in the article now.  I am also still looking for legit references that the group has been played on KTBG (A notable station according to Wikipedia) in Warrensburg, Missouri as I have heard them played on this station before.  Please be patient with me as I find new information on the subject since I am new to wikipedia and constant bartering over deletion of this article is reducing my efficiency to create a decent article.  #4 I am still puzzled at the continued denial of RadioIndy, as RadioIndy itself is not a blog.  I'm guessing that the blog-format in how they give awards is what might be the problem.  If I give you an alternative link for the review "Pixilated Theory on RadioIndy" would this resolve the issue surrounding the review? #5 -see #4- -- As for the CDBaby Deal, I believe that the two songs I listed on the article were top sellers for the month of June 2011.  Thus, since it is July 2011 they are no longer listed on the reference page I listed.  It will continue to search for this information as I have mentioned ^ above.  I would be extremely beneficial if I could get some assistance by others on the article to improve it. Dan o d 1988 (talk) 23:19, 12 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - There is no coverage in reliable sources (none whatsoever) to meet general notability. With respect to meeting WP:BAND, I disagree that they meet any of them.  Make A Star isn't a major music competition; it's just another music competition.  They haven't composed a theme for a TV series.  Satellite radio is a highly fractured channel, and the internet isn't a major broadcast medium for the purposes of notability.  And GrIndie isn't a major music award.  Good luck to them, but they don't meet the inclusion criteria for Wikipedia.  -- Whpq (talk) 13:54, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 14:24, 14 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete due to the lack of coverage, CDBaby sales are not a national chart and Whpq is right about the other above claims. duffbeerforme (talk) 02:32, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete I applaud Dan o d 1988 for attempting to find sources to fulfill the notability criteria for bands, but the sources do fall short. I thought there might be some compounding quality across all the sources, but many of them are not appropriate. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 07:37, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
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