Wikipedia:Peer review/Reality Serum/archive1

Reality Serum


I've listed this article for peer review because…

This article is written like an advertisement or press release. Example: "fans of Twenty One Pilots, Die Antwoord, Muse (band), Rammstein, The Prodigy, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Gary Numan, Mobb Deep, Cake, etc., will definitely be intrigued..."

Other examples: most of the article.

There is only one citation, and it's a broken link on the band's publicist's website.

Also, much of this article is copied and pasted directly from their website: http://realityserum.com/ with no attribution and no other sources.

Also smacks of having been written by someone connected to the band, in violation of Wikipedia guidelines. Too many trivial factoids that aren't sourced anywhere, would be known only to people who know the band. Also many of these factoids are not relevant to a band that isn't widely known.

Band might pass the notability test (barely) to be on Wikipedia. However, to stay, the article should be re-written in a neutral style, with an encyclopedic tone, by people not in the band or label or publicity firm, and cited from notable media.

Thanks, ElizaBarrington (talk) 18:19, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Comments from Dialectric

The article needs a total rewrite for the reasons you mention. I am going to go ahead and stub it.

Of the issues you raise, copyright problems are probably most pressing, and it is best to either remove unattributed, copied content or report it on Copyright problems. You also mention notability concerns. Notability (music) has some useful criteria for bands, and the main problem I see is lack of coverage in independent reliable sources. Without such sources, this could be a good candidate for deletion.Dialectric (talk) 11:42, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Dialectric. Seems all correct to me. And I reviewed the notability criteria, and agree this band doesn't make the grade.

So is my one-article lockout for peer review completed now? That is, am I now open to do a different article if I see one? Thank you. EB ElizaBarrington (talk) 07:24, 23 August 2018 (UTC)


 * The article is still listed even after it has been answered. You are free to close it - see Peer_review/guidelines. Once the listed review is closed, it will be delisted and you can certainly list a different article if you see one. Dialectric (talk) 20:34, 28 August 2018 (UTC)