Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Überzone

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The result was keep. czar 17:24, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Überzone

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Does not appear to satisfy notability requirements per WP:MUS. No charting singles nor collaborations with notable musicians. No press coverage nor references of significance. BLP sourcing template added 9 years ago with no remediation so far. MackSalmon (Talk) 01:51, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 04:08, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Entertainment-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 04:08, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 08:20, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nomination. No evidence of anything approaching notability per WP:MUSICBIO. I've searched under the artiste's own name and stage name, and found nothing beyond passing mentions and social media hits. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 13:11, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable musician. No reliable sources. Created by an anonymous user (IP address) way back in 2005 with the following message: "added Uberzone feel free to make grammatical corrections, etc ;-D." I think that says it all. The only thing that might provide at least some notability is that one of his songs charted at 45 back in 2001 according to Billboard (so the "non charting singles" reason no longer applies - although I don't know how much a 45th place is worth on these charts). But yeah, all I found aside from this are the usual junk like Discogs, Youtube, Beatport, SoundCloud, Apple Music and the like. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 09:01, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as well as having a release chart on a Billboard chart he also passes WP:NMUSIC with albums on two major record labels as confirmed here, AllMusic also has two staff written reviews of his albums. Will search for more coverage tomorrow, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 23:04, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment One of the above mentioned albums was not an Uberzone album, but instead was a dance compilation album which happened to include some Uberzone tracks. It's not clear-cut whether or not this qualifies for WP:NMUSIC criteria 5, but I would lean towards the negative, aside from the fact that the now defunct 'Moonshine' label would not meet my personal expectations for the definition of a 'major label'. The artist list for the label does include some artists with Wikipedia pages of their own, but I'm not qualified to discern whether or not these artists are notable enough to qualify Moonshine as an 'important indie label'. They appeared to release only compilation albums, so to my eyes that might not be a sign of an important label. MackSalmon (Talk) 07:15, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination counts as your delete vote Atlantic306 (talk) 18:27, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment have found significant coverage of Überzone at Metacritic which links to reviews in Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Blender, Alternative Press which are all music reliable sources, also found coverage in Resident Advisor, Insomniac Magazine, PopMatters,MTV and an article in Billboard (scroll to the right) so criteria 1 of WP:NMUSIC is passed as well as WP:GNG. Regarding the labels, it is up to reliable sources to determine what is a major label not ourselves. Pinging @Dom Kaos:, and @GhostDestroyer100: for their input on the extra reliable sources coverage, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 18:27, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Atlantic306: Wow! Had no idea this guy is this famous. Anyways, all of the presented sources are reliable indeed, the only nitpick is that the Rolling Stone article is apparently not available anymore as the link takes you to the general album reviews page. So that's crossed out. The rest are great. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 19:20, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fortunately, the Wayback Machine has preserved the Rolling Stone article: Uberzone Faith In The Future. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:37, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Seems like it was just a poorly sourced article which hadn't had the benefit of the right people working on it yet. @Atlantic306: Thanks for your thorough research. MackSalmon (Talk) 08:15, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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