Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Our Mercury

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The result was delete. No comments after 2 relists, SOFTDELETE applies. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 19:19, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Our Mercury[edit]

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Article about a band, with no strong claim to passing WP:NMUSIC and no strong reliable source coverage. There's no content here that satisfies any of the NMUSIC criteria: the closest that the article gets to notability is the number of albums that they released, but NMUSIC #5 requires two albums to have been on major or large-indie labels — and of the three albums here, only one was on a label that's even maybe prominent enough to qualify (its article is also so poorly sourced that it's also deletion bait.) One album got reviewed in Exclaim! and has a "track listing only, no review" page on AllMusic, but all of the other sources here are primary sources rather than reliable ones. There are touring claims being made here as well, but touring only constitutes notability per NMUSIC #4 if the tour can be sourced as the subject of media coverage, and not if all you do is say they toured.
And on a ProQuest search, I can't find any evidence that they ever got any substantive media coverage beyond just their own hometown newspaper — even for the touring claims, all I can find is WP:ROUTINE "what's on at the clubs tonight" concert listings, not substantive coverage. As for AllMusic, while it would assist notability if they had deemed the album worthy of a review, the mere presence of a tracklist-only directory entry is not an automatic notability freebie since they try as much as possible to maintain at least that type of page for every album that exists. (And since Library and Archives Canada also tries as much as possible to keep a copy of every sound recording made in Canada at all, having directory entries there isn't an automatic notability pass either.)
So literally all we've really got here for notability-building sources is the Exclaim! review, and that's just not enough by itself — and since the band's been defunct for a decade, there's no realistic prospect of better sourcing emerging in the future. I'm also bundling the one album that has a separate standalone article, as it makes no credible claim of notability either. Bearcat (talk) 16:32, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:37, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:38, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, - TheMagnificentist 12:18, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —MRD2014 ^{Talk • Edits • Help!} 01:24, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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