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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 13:56, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Masuran (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Concerns with this band are notability and verifiability. They have released one album "Elephant Rocks", but the album hasn't received much coverage as seen in this Google search and this Google News Archive search. This album hasn't charted and the band hasn't released any other albums other than this one. Speedy was placed by Æåm Fætsøn (talk · contribs); declined by Elonka (talk · contribs); and later re-added by Æåm Fætsøn (talk · contribs) so I'm bringing this article to AfD to see if there is a consensus to delete. Cunard (talk) 05:59, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Delete - Sorry if I haven't given my own reason for it to be deleted, but

• I've done a Google search on the ban itself. The first result reutrned a blog about computers quoting 'Mark Shuttleworth', not one of the members of the band. The official website returned a nonsensical website with no info, but there was a Masuran link at the bottom, I clicked through, but saw a blog stating it was a 'no longer-functioning' band. Other results were blogs and social networking websites.
• The article was an exact copy of the blog in most parts, and no references have been listed. And none of the external links gave much info.
• No entries about the band in Google news.
• The article is not encyclopedic, in tone and layout and has hints of vanity, written as fancruft and is a hoax.
• So per nom with you, Cunard, the creator is a newbie whose name is exatly one of the members of the band, so he is targeting Wikipedia because it is a 'popular' site, thinking it is a blog or a social networking site. His only 3 edits were to this article and was misusing Wikipedia as a promotional vehicle. Not notable, so that's why the band broke up. - ÆÅM «(fætsøn!) 06:30, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. The reviews are none too inspiring: a zine, a website that is trying to sell their work, and a magazine we don't have an article on (while certainly not proof the magazine is unreliable, it's also not inspiring). Someguy1221 (talk) 08:09, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Does not meet any of the criteria in WP:MUSIC, not to mention what looks like obvious violation of WP:COI. Grandmartin11 (talk) 11:44, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete violation of MUSIC, conflict of interest and Fancruft Tohd8BohaithuGh1 (talk) 15:07, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete not so much fancruft as COI-cruft. At least fancruft means you've got fans. Dori (Talk • Contribs) 03:01, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Dori (Talk • Contribs) 03:01, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per everyone. Fails WP:MUSIC by a country mile. sparkl_!sm ^hey! 05:00, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Fails WP:MUSIC. I can find facebook, myspcae and other bios on the band. Can not find anything that would fit criteria one of the "Criteria for musicians and ensembles" which says It has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician/ensemble itself and reliable.. I did try to check for the cited reviews in the article but could only find links to the bands bio that quotes the "Punk Planet" review. The "Cd Baby" "review" I can not find. Only the listing with bio and how to purchase the mp3. Tempter Magazine does not seem to exist anymore, at least online. However even if these reviews were easily found they would still not equal "multiple non-trivial published works" about the "subject" of the article in question, which is the band Masuran and not their album. Soundvisions1 (talk) 12:46, 3 November 2008 (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.