Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allele (band) (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. May also be a mix of WP:TOOSOON SarahStierch (talk) 17:35, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Allele (band)

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Band lacking notability. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. Current sourcing is reposts of press releases on Blabbermouth, a trivial mentions on tunelab.com (not a reliable source), a dead link to their label's site (probably press release), another press release and a tour announcement. None good enough coverage for notability. I found nothing bettter. Just the band talking about themselves. Has to blue linked members but neither are independently notable. One is only a member of this band (and is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wally Wood (singer)), and the others notability is dependent on this band. Lacks multiple albums on an important label. Award is not major and not sourced. Article namedrops a lot but notability is not inherited. Nothing satisfying WP:BAND duffbeerforme (talk) 07:45, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — sparklism ^hey! 09:02, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - they've had a song featured in the game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007, and apparently a TV programme; however, most of the references appear to be pure PR - all the Blabbermouth.net articles are either very short and/or pure PR, for example - everything else is also very short and fairly PR orientated. They've never charted, and I can't see any evidence of them passing WP:BAND. I'm surprised that their two albums, plus their discography, and indeed Wally Wood, have not been directly linked into this AfD - maybe the nominator should change this? Lukeno94 (talk) 15:15, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - completely bereft of any reliable sources (and yes I searched and the best I could find was this which isn't independent as it's promotional in nature), total lack of notable record label activity, let alone any chart placings. A textbook WP:GARAGE. --Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 16:17, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete due to the fact that they were able to sell a song (or give it away) to a production company, but otherwise not notable. If it turns out that they are more notable in some way, I will change my opinion. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 23:40, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No evidence of awards. No evidence of charting. No evidence of in depth coverage in independent reliable sources. If the article is significantly improved, feel free to ping my talk page. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:00, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment One of their albums does have this Allmusic review. It is short, but is a first reliable source. AllyD (talk) 08:00, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A good find, but unlike all the other Allmusic references I have used to cite stuff, it doesn't have a real name on it, which makes me mildly suspicious. How can we check the reviewer's credentials? --Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 11:19, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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