Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skunkabilly

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The result of the debate was delete. - Mailer Diablo 18:09, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Skunkabilly
I am a devoted fan of punk, ska, and rockabilly, and there are indeed many bands that mix these styles, but I have never heard any of them refer to themselves as "skunkabilly." The original page was clearly a joke, containing bizarre rules for how you can be included in this genre ("following Hammurabi's Code," for example), and I nominated it for speedy deletion. However, this suggestion was shot down based on the fact that the term has many Google hits. But googling for this shows no results for an actual genre of music - all the hits seem to be usernames on message boards. The closest I can find is a non-notable indie record label called "Skunkabilly Records," which signs ska, punk, and rockabilly bands, but never refers to the music as "skunkabilly." I removed the joke bits from the article, but that still doesn't make it an actual punk subgenre.

If webcest, a term people actually use, can be considered non-Wikipedia-worthy, I don't think a term *no one* uses should be allowed. Inanechild 19:39, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Whoops, forgot to link it to the deletion main page. Inanechild 04:13, 14 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete. We seem to have another noelrock here. --Apyule 11:52, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, neologism. Gets only 100ish useful Google hits and many of those are usernames and things. However, there is a company called Skunkabilly records, and I suspect this may be an ad for them. -Splash 16:10, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neo-genre-name silliness. -- BD2412 talk 16:23, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I too am a fan of ska, punk and the like and have never heard this term.  -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 23:36, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete imaginary music genres &mdash;Wahoofive (talk) 03:53, 15 August 2005 (UTC)


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