Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plague metal


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The result was delete. --Core desat 02:16, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Plague metal

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This seems to be one of those obscure genres that doesn't actually exist. There is one link to it on the English Wikipedia, and the page has been maintained by people, who have only one edit apiece outside of this article. As far as Googling it goes- I'm getting Wikipedia mirrors, the mandatory Geocities sites belonging to garage bands, the odd forum post, lots of unrelated titles ("Metal Bands - Winds Of Plague ( Metal Underground . com )" for instance). The only real references I can find are two articles on Vampire Magazine, which are both linked to here, about Ruttolapset, who we don't even have an article on. However, even if this confirms that a tiny band has been referred to it by questionable press, it doesn't nearly provide the kind of information that we need to have an article, or the kind of information that is already written within this article. J Milburn 10:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete May well be a "colloquialism" (at best) within the metal scene, but is definitely not a notable one. Two of the bands "cited" as examples are non-notable and don't have articles (ok, so one did but I have now reverted it back to the original medical terminology article it was before it was infiltrated by the non-notable band). The fact remains that it is a made-up genre, where other more recognised genres would suffice. Bubba hotep 10:45, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete non-genre without multiple good sources for its real usage. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 11:22, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable genere. 220.227.179.4 11:25, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Seems to be made just to link to the bands on the bottom lines - possibly made up just to promote them as something new... NN & a bit of OR. Personally however, I dislike the plague metal genre - every time I listen I get boils & can help coughing up blood. ;) My favourite songs have to be though "Bring out your dead (remix)" & of course the Rat Pack's "Fleas, Fleas, Fleas, get them off me..." -- Spawn Man 11:48, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Misnomer for blackened death or invented genre. In any case, not for Wikipedia. Zouavman Le Zouave (Talk to me!) 13:42, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - pointless, pointless trivial genre. Totally fails WP:NOTE --Haemo 23:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with Spawn Man, it seems it is just a genre to promote the band as smoething different and new. 1607m4dsk1llz 21:57, 16 April 2007 (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.