Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sleep State

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The result was Deleted by Anthony Bradbury, who logged this AfD as reason, but didn't close the discussion, presumably by mistake, so I am closing it. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:20, 22 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Band with no substantive or properly sourced claim of notability per WP:NMUSIC. The strongest things here are that its lead singer was a non-winning competitor on The Voice, that one of its songs was selected as "Song of the Day" by a single local radio station, and that one of its other songs got included in a Spotify playlist. But simply being a competitor in a reality show is not a claim of notability in and of itself, notability-because-radio-play has to be tied to national terrestrial radio networks rather than individual stations or Spotify playlists, and the sourcing here is almost entirely to primary sources and blogs rather than to real media coverage about them. As always, Wikipedia is not a free public relations platform on which a band is entitled to an article just because they exist -- real media coverage, supporting a claim of notability that passes NMUSIC, must be present for a band to earn an article on here. Delete. (Note also the redirect from Troy Ritchie, which was formerly a separate article but made no claim of independent notability substantive enough to get him a standalone WP:BLP as a separate topic from the band, as it was based on exactly the same set of inadequate sources that aren't cutting it here.) Bearcat (talk) 17:23, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:47, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:47, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:27, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as searches noticeably found nothing better. SwisterTwister talk 04:45, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Does not meet WP:MUSIC. Band has a couple of singles and an EP, which usually means self-published. Only one RS, and that one only confirms that he was eliminated on The Voice. Note that the article says he appeared but doesn't say that he was eliminated, which to me fails NPOV. Also promotional is link to iTunes, which is definitely not allowed as a reference. Early in this band's career, not notable at this time. LaMona (talk) 04:00, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• And redirect to sleep. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:48, 21 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This is acceptable of course since it is applicable. SwisterTwister talk 04:27, 22 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Possible spam. The page creator and main editor is one Razorbladepr. The pr on the end is a bit of a giveaway. Anyway they have their own website www.razorbladepr.com which lists one of their (only?) clients as Sleep State. Mattojgb (talk) 10:34, 22 April 2016 (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.