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The result was delete. ✗plicit 14:46, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Promotional fluff, attempting to portray the music of a single individual, Gabriel of Urantia (born Anthony Joseph Delevin, and subsequently known by multiple other names, including TaliasVan of Tora) as a 'genre'. It presents no substantive evidence that anyone else contributes to the 'genre', or even uses the term as a description for a musical style. A web search reveals that the term 'Cosmopop' is used elsewhere, but as an unrelated brand name etc, rather than as anything connected with the supposed subject of this article. Rather than describing a recognised genre, the article merely duplicates material already found in the (bloated, over-promotional, and questionably Wikipedia-'notable') Gabriel of Urantia biography: there appears to be nothing of any significance, backed by suitable independent sourcing, that would merit merging to that article. Much of it is best characterised as new-age waffle from Gabriel himself, repeated more or less verbatim by local Arizona media where it is even sourced at all. A bad article about (or vaguely about) a non-existent 'genre'. AndyTheGrump (talk) 04:28, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 06:02, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:25, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I've sent Gabriel's article to AfD as well. wizzito | say hello! 02:26, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:29, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete A supposed genre that has been trademarked, that has indication of being notable, particularly since many aspects of the genre seem to have been invented, or better created, of discovered perhaps is a better word, elsewhere, inclding in America, UK, Germany and France. scope_creep^Talk 12:47, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - The article has a lot of "sources" , but on closer investigation they are almost all PR announcements from the guy's own organization, softball interviews in which he was allowed to glamorize himself, and concert announcements in which his group performed the supposed "genre" of music. The article also takes pretty comical liberties with "influence" and "recognition", as if holding a concert somewhere or being mentioned by a minor DJ equates to widespread notice of the "genre". Well it is not a genre until someone in the reliable music media reports on its influence, and nobody has. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:35, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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