Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smalltown DJs (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:14, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Smalltown DJs

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Non-notable musicians. The article survived deletion in the first nomination because the editors concluded that two of the sources met the criteria. But now (most of) the sources aren't functioning and the webpages can't be found. The other sources like Myspace aren't reliable. - TheMagnificentist 10:14, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 11:17, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alberta-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 11:17, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The two sources wouldn't qualify as significant today. One is Beatroute, which is a regional publication, and the other is FFWD, which is an even smaller regional publication. Even if you say that Beatroute, a publication with a circulation of 10,000, should be giving a band an article, one source isn't enough for a band around since the 1990s. The fact that one of their claims is playing SXSW, a festival for new bands of which many never go anywhere, is also telling. The other bits are a case of WP:NOTINHERITED. In short, a regional or local level act with lots of coverage around Calgary (including this recent one) but precious little beyond that. KaisaL (talk) 15:32, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This has an advertorial slant to it as written, and there's no genuinely strong claim to passing WP:NMUSIC: the closest thing they really have to a notability claim, the fact that they collaborated with Mandeep "Wax Romeo" Ubhi in an offshoot band called Smalltown Romeo, who are notable primarily as the backing band on one Shad single which didn't really accomplish anything that would get it over WP:NSONGS, is (a) not even reflected in this article apart from a glancing mention of Shad (but not Wax Romeo) in the list of collaborators, and (b) not all that strong an NMUSIC claim even if it were. There's no evidence of substantive coverage outside of their own local media market, and nothing strong enough to grant them a presumption of notability in the absence of substantive coverage outside of their own local media market. Bearcat (talk) 20:15, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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