Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stalker (band)

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The result was delete. Courcelles 08:02, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stalker (band)

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Wow. I am not sure how this slipped by for so long. Appears to be a DIY band out of New Jersey with myspace as the official website and primary source. Is was created in 2006 (see how it looked December 17, 2006) and stayed untouched for 4 years when the creator came back and worked on it for a few days in September 2010. Lots of unsourced comments about "almost" making it and lots of, for lack of a better term, trivia such as the band was also offered a record deal from John Elefante from Kansas (band) and brother Dino Elefante who wanted to sign the band and eventually turn them into a Christian rock band. Ahhh, the sweet smell of success! I stumbled on this because of an image that was tagged for deletion for no source but not deleted. (Uploader removed the tag and didn't add any source. See dif) I clicked on the user and found myself on the Stalker (band) article page. Deeper looking shows their userpace redirecting to it - User:Tooryeay2005. They also created Peyote Picnic (album) which also redirects to the main article. (I see that it was tagged for speedy via Wikipedia:CSD#A9 and the tag was declined/removed by the creator, not an admin. Also see Vol.1(album) which redirects to Stalker (band)#Vol. 1 (first EP). User is clearly an SPA as they have contributed nothing outside of this band. Just a guess but they have a COI problem as well - more so when you look at the first version and everything is worded as "we". All the images should be deleted as orphans if this goes as well, and I am not so sure all the licensing in correct on them anyway. Soundvisions1 (talk) 04:44, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I too wonder how this slipped by for so long. "Stalker" appears to be a common name for various bands; the best way to Google for this band seems to be like this, but all that comes up are Wikipedia or mirrors. Basically, this article is a puff piece about the band with no sources even able to be found. Erpert (let's talk about it) 07:30, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:08, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - WP:NOTMYSPACE. This article is just a copy of various social networking sites and does not function as an encyclopedic article. While the band apparently worked hard for years (if the claims in the article are true), neither they nor their albums received the coverage necessary for notability. --DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 18:26, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DO NOT DELETE - -i do apologize for not meeting certain wiki criteria. the band was relevant at one time and should be included in wiki for historical reasons. isn’t this the reason wiki exists? the band is not selling merchandise and is not soliciting by any means. granted the myspace link is not acceptable to wiki rules but that can be removed. i request the content remains intact. it is not harmful in any way and is merely stating the existence of a group who made a small impact on a genera of music. preserving information and knowledge of the past, present and future is what wiki is about. (Tooryeay2005 (talk) 04:14, 15 December 2010 (UTC))[reply]

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