Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buttrock (3rd nomination)

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The result was delete. T. Canens (talk) 23:47, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Buttrock[edit]

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Looks to fail WP:NEO. Although this term shows up in various rock publications, it lacks a solid secondary source to prove its notability as a trend or genre. The Interior (Talk) 20:27, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The one source cited was created as a humorous attack on certain bands. It is not a reliable source. The one external link to a college newspaper is an opinion piece and not by anyone who is established as notable or a reliable source. This whole thing is clearly meant as a derogatory joke about the bands and the people who like them and there were no reliable sources supplied to even justify notability. SQGibbon (talk) 20:47, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:58, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This article seems to be a misrepresentation of a humor piece, for the purpose of, as SQGibbon points out, disparaging certain bands. RadManCF ☢ open frequency 23:44, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - This is a joke article that probably should have been speedied under some criterion or another. "Butt rock" is a term that has been around for 15 or 20 years, a slag description of so-called "Classic Rock," used mostly by punk rockers and various alternative rock folk... Carrite (talk) 03:42, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redirecting to Classic rock would actually be the best way to dispose of this. By the way, how was this NOT deleted in two previous tries?!?!? Carrite (talk) 03:54, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was deleted after number two, this is a recreation. Redirecting to Classic rock might discourage future recreation, as an admin would have to nuke the redirect before a new recreation could be started. The Interior (Talk) 04:04, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reading the article and the webpage that the article links to it does not appear that buttrock and classic rock are synonymous. SQGibbon (talk) 15:39, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, from searches it seems to variously be used to describe hair metal, glam rock, top-40 packaged rock, christian rock, and rock played by people "with hair down to their butts". Its seems like a very amorphous term. I think it keeps getting used because it's so pleasant to say. Butt yeah, the redirect would be difficult. The Interior (Talk) 10:28, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, there's an article on hair metal?!?! Post-classic rock cheese metal, perfect... That's the best redirect. Carrite (talk) 06:32, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I see the actual article name is glam metal. That's spot-on for a redirect. The phrase doesn't equate to original 1970s glam or Christian rock. Carrite (talk) 06:35, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, for the reasons listed. --Shovan Luessi (talk) 09:22, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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