Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Southcott (band)


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  07:48, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Southcott (band)

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Fails WP:MUSICBIO, no notable coverage in any independant, reliable sources. Jon Kolbert (talk) 20:45, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete: I can't find any coverage which satisfies the necessary standards to suggest notability. Looks like a YAMB case from the link in the infobox.    SITH   (talk)   22:25, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 22:30, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 22:30, 30 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment. Here's some significant coverage in reliable sources:, , . --Michig (talk) 07:12, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Allmusic is not a reliable source, it's a user-generated website just as Wikipedia is. The first link is a mention is a local newspaper of a show in the events section - it's not uncommon for just about anything to make it in there. Jon Kolbert (talk) 07:52, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Allmusic is an accepted reliable source. It is not user-generated content. The other one is an almost full-page newspaper article, not a 'mention'.--Michig (talk) 17:34, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * , has there been an RfC on that? I was under the impression, from browsing the website, that AllMusic is to the music world what IMDb is to the film world.  Best,   SITH   (talk)   17:49, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Biographies and Allmusic reviews are by Allmusic staff, some of whom are well known and long-established music writers. It's a myth that 'anyone can contribute' to Allmusic - it has user reviews, but these are clearly distinct from their staff reviews. --Michig (talk) 18:03, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I guess it's just a page-by-page basis then. If an article cites user reviews we'll just have to analyse the source itself.  Thanks for clearing that up!    SITH   (talk)   18:30, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

AllMusic has artists submit their products to get added to the database. "TiVo tries to add albums and artist bios -- as well as review and synopsize as many CDs, films, and DVDs -- as possible". Reviews and the existence of content on their website isn't as "hand-picked" by the editors as it may seem. Jon Kolbert (talk) 18:51, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Allmusic contains a database of releases, personnel, etc., sidebars with genres etc. - none of these are considered reliable. Biographies and reviews written by Allmusic staff writers, however, are. Artists don't submit their own reviews and get them published as Allmusic reviews. --Michig (talk) 19:21, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Scott (talk) 20:55, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - The article tells the story, the discography has just red links and none of the band members have articles either. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:20, 8 January 2019 (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.