Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Strings (Arthur Loves Plastic album)

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. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:40, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Strings (Arthur Loves Plastic album)[edit]

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Completing nomination on behalf of IP editor 114.150.82.38, who made the request at WT:AFD. Their rationale is posted verbatim below. On the merits, I have no opinion - except to note that the title doesn't seem like a likely redirect. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 12:17, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Non-notable album. Fails WP:NALBUMS. It hasn't received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. 114.150.82.38 (talk) 09:20, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:46, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Washington, D.C.-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:46, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. Lacks reviews, charting, awards. Nothing coming close to WP:NALBUMS. Just a bunch on bad external links trying to publicise the album. The only reference is a dead blog post hosted on the artists site, not a reliable source. The external links are just linkspam. duffbeerforme (talk) 08:34, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep. These articles seem to be coming under attack from a anonymous IP (114.145.24.94, 114.145.174.2, 114.164.216.48, 114.164.64.248, 114.150.82.38) which on being frustrated in their attempts to blank the articles (redirecting them to 'Arthur Love Plastic'), then nominates them as articles for deletion. This is not contributing to an encyclopaedia, this is vandalism. I object to the deletion of this article, which relates to an artist notable within the Washington, D.C. arts culture. memphisto 16:39, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You may be right, you may not - I completed the nomination as per WP:AGF, which usually serves me well. On point, you mention nothing about whether the album itself is notable - and that's really the only part that matters for the purposes of this debate. The artist might be notable, sure - but is the album? UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 20:58, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Dusti^{*Let's talk!*} 15:00, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. In his 'strong keep' above, User:Memphisto, the creator of all(?) the Arthur Loves Plastic album articles, appears to be relying on accusations of vandalism as the main reason for keeping this article. He did the same at the recent Articles for deletion/Special When Lit which was closed as no consensus. However, for this article to be kept notability has to be shown. Now as an admin who has briefly tried to get the two edit-warring parties to talk to one another (see User talk:114.145.146.143) I'm not going to formally !vote here, but I will say that a quick Google search didn't turn up the necessary "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" for me; there's none in the article; and none has been forthcoming from elsewhere. —SMALL JIM 22:18, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, L Faraone 23:51, 28 August 2013 (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.