Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shred metal

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 no consensus. - Daniel.Bryant 08:38, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Shred metal

Delete This article has been disputed at {{prod}}. Reprodding was attempted, but that is improper. AfD is appropriate instead. See article talk page for further on dispute of validity of article.} TonyTheTiger 18:37, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. There appears to be plenty of evidence that many people think shred metal exists.[1] If there is a major controversy over whether it is a valid genre, that could be put in the article, but I have to say that I found little evidence of such a dispute. --Groggy Dice T | C 19:06, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and possibly redirect to shred guitar. Despite what the article claims, this is not a musical genre according to any reliable sources, and it is unverifiable and non-notable as a term. Prolog 21:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Prolog. Punkmorten 12:56, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Shred metal is a distinct concept from speed metal. However, the article should be extended nonetheless. The Wiki Priest 05:55, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. Is that your description or can you provide sources? I have not been able to find any and it does not seem like this article can be verified. Prolog 16:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No sources, not even 600 results on google... I do not think this genre exist, and even if it does, it is not notable enough to be on Wikipedia. Zouavman Le Zouave _{(Talk to me! • O))))} 16:45, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment How do you come up with "not even 600 results?" I get 25,000, and when I added Malmsteen to cut down on the false positives, I still got two or three times that. --Groggy Dice T | C 19:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Quarl ^(talk) 01:13, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep "Shred Metal" + "Music" has over 20,000 Google hits, and I've seen the term used in print publications. A shred guitarist may or may not play shred metal, and I could even imagine a shred metal band with, say, reggae rhythm and ethnic instrumentation. However, I have difficulty drawing the line between speed metal, thrash metal, punk metal, and shred. I have heard the terms used interchangably. It's my hunch that bands described as "shred metal" can also fit into one of the above categories - but that alone wouldn't negate the importance of "shred" as a category (think: there's comedy movies, dark comedy movies, and satire, and possibly libel if you want to go that deep). The article definitely needs expansion, however - as it stands it's a useless article. --Action Jackson IV 03:05, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going on a weak keep here. It's a distinct style, but just enough where it warrants its own article. Expand it. --Dennisthe2 03:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - a number of bands/guitarists describe their musical style as "shred metal". most notably The Great Kat and Joe Stump [2]-from K37 06:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, bands refer to themselves as this and a huge number of google results for this subject are all indicators that this should be kept. Mathmo ^Talk 10:28, 12 February 2007 (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.