Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harper and the Moths (2nd nomination)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. WP:SOFTDELETE given the low input. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:59, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Article, with some advertorial overtones, about a band with no strong claim of notability per WP:NMUSIC: the strongest claim being made here is airplay on just one radio station outside their home market, where NMUSIC requires a national network before airplay becomes the notability hook. And for sourcing, what we have is a mix of primary sources which cannot assist notability at all, and local newspapers which do not demonstrate that the band is getting noticed outside their own area — the only non-local sources here are that one radio station (and not even substantive content about the band, but a mere "vote in tonight's battle of the songs" poll which simply namechecks their existence) and a blog. This is not the kind of sourcing it takes to get a band into Wikipedia if you're going for NMUSIC #1 ("notable because media coverage exists") rather than any of the more specific followup criteria — I note that the original discussion did founder on the "media coverage exists" argument, but more than just local coverage is required before a band satisfies that NMUSIC criterion. Also conflict of interest, as the creator's username corresponds to the name of the band's keyboardist. Bearcat (talk) 05:45, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:51, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:51, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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.