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The result was delete. Kinu  t/ c 05:52, 17 March 2020 (UTC) reply

Memory of a Melody

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A sampling of the sources:

  • Emurg.com: 404
  • OurCityRadio.com: 404
  • TuneCore: Directory listing
  • Amazon.com: Not allowed to be linked
  • BraveWords: Appears to be a blog with no editorial oversight
  • Sacurrent.com: Passing mention as one of many acts at a single concert
  • Rocksposure.com: Blog where artists can submit to be advertised
  • Music.apple.com: Sales site, not allowed
  • RenegadeRadio: 404
  • Metalholic: Advertising blog

And so on. Most of the semi-reputable sources seem to be merely blogs where musicians can submit their content for review and advertisement purposes. Everything else is a trivial mention, a sales site, or a 404. The article smacks of WP:REFBOMBing. I chainsawed out a "trivia" section (really, we're still doing that shit?) that added nothing in terms of notability. The band exists and has extensively cherry-picked as many passing mentions as possible to appear far more notable than they really are. They don't even have so much as a placeholder on Allmusic. The content present smacks of advertising at best but does not give a true assertation of notability. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 12:07, 2 March 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 12:07, 2 March 2020 (UTC) reply
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 12:07, 2 March 2020 (UTC) reply
  • @ Jax 0677: Did you even read what I said about the sources? Nearly all of the sources are either 404, sales sites, or promotional blogs that only publish PR blurbs for bands that pay for the right. Literally almost nothing in the article is a WP:RS. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 00:59, 6 March 2020 (UTC) reply

Good Afternoon, this is my first time participating on WikiPedia. I am a Spotify convert for this band, and thought I could help. I have tried to review the rules as best I could in a short time. From what I can tell, the main issue is if the artist is "notable" and I believe this artist is. I jumped onto Spotify and they've got ~4.6 million listens on their most popular song, and three songs over the 1 million mark. On Youtube their official channel has a fair following with 2.45k subscribers ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaEyLZWWUUA). Regarding links, the EMURG link may be updated via the wayback machine ( https://web.archive.org/web/20131205225130/http://www.emurg.com/rock/memory-of-a-melody-things-that-make-you-scream/). Finally, I respectfully dispute the characterization of Metalholic as an advertising blog. The author of the piece on Memory of a Melody has written quite a lot and doesn't seem to be affiliated with the band ( http://metalholic.com/author/quasimojo/) Although Metalholic does state they allow "PR" submissions on their about page, I don't actually think that's what this is, or if it is, there's some sort of curating and review process. I assess this by looking at the author and seeing he has many submissions, not just Memory of a Melody, but am open to correction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.163.174.169 ( talk) 00:26, 10 March 2020 (UTC) reply

  • @ 75.163.174.169: Please read this page right here. This elucidates the notability of artists. Spotify numbers are not a factor of notability for us. Neither are YouTube subscribers. I have thousands of them myself and I only rarely upload videos. The blogs are borderline at best and seem highly promotional. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 02:57, 10 March 2020 (UTC) reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 12:15, 10 March 2020 (UTC) reply
  • Delete per nom. Could not really find any RS about their sole album, either. Caro7200 ( talk) 12:48, 10 March 2020 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. This band was formed in 2012, giving plenty of time for solid sources to appear if they were notable; clearly they are not. TheLongTone ( talk) 16:19, 10 March 2020 (UTC) reply
  • Delete per the nominator's thorough analysis of sourcing. Can't blame Jax 0677 for trying to keep his own article  ;) —— SN 54129 18:56, 12 March 2020 (UTC) reply
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