Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Second Wave synthpop


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The result was   delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 18:25, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Second Wave synthpop

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A seemingly made up genre. The page boasts four references from fairly marginal sources, using the phrase casually and in passing. There's no substantive coverage anywhere, and nothing at all from any serious music sites or publications. Most interestingly, the page makes the specific claim that the phrase was first coined by “Oregonian synthpop musician Mimzy”. If we then go to this non-notable individual’s Myspace page, which is cited as a reference, a post dated 18 Sept claims that “I coined the term ‘second wave synthpop’ on Wikipedia to describe a style I’ve noticed”, which seems to suggest that we are dealing with a rather bizarre and circular piece of original research. The original Category page was created in December 2009 by User:DriveMySol, who would appear to be another rather obvious sockpuppet of User:OregonD00d/User:Tiramisoo, looking at their focus on synthpop, fashion and decadeology. And the former’s previous bid to create a page for – guess who – Mimzy. The fact it has appeared in a couple of other spaces since being invented here simply implies it’s been picked up by people skimming WP, rather than it being a real thing in the real world  N-HH   talk / edits  17:34, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:42, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:09, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as a neologism. I cannot find substantial use of the term, or a definition of what this represents. -- Whpq (talk) 18:23, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete. WP:MADEUP --Michael WhiteT&middot;C 04:57, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - a made up term. No reliable sources. Totnesmartin (talk) 13:04, 27 September 2010 (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.