Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Electrocrunk

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 delete. --Core desat 04:23, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Electrocrunk[edit]

This isn't a legitimate genre. It was created by one person, Shane Fontane (who appears to be an unsigned non-notable musician), and it practised by exactly one musician...Shane Fontane. IrishGuy ^talk 20:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep - although the current article contains no information contradicting Irishguy's statement, "electrocrunk" does seem to be used by other groups to describe an electronic music genre, see e.g. Paquin Entertainment bio for Thunderheist, and the term receives mention in several hundred Google hits (mostly blogs). Hal peridol 22:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Do we have inclusions criteria for music genres? Don't think so. Until then, we go by the blanket notability guideline, which this fails. i ^said 00:33, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 00:33, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as a notable, if small, out-of-mainstream, genre, per analogy to WP:MUSIC. I will see if I can add cites. Bearian 19:38, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still working on this. It appears to be getting some notice - only 40 Ghits for Electrocrunk + review, but 548 for "Electro crunk" + review: [1]. It seems to be a real phenomenon. And it has a good beat. Bearian 20:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've done more research, and it seems to be notable, but may be a neologism. I'm still working on it. Bearian 20:17, 6 September 2007 (UTC) Oh, I'm done for now.... I hope this is good enough to keep. 23:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Whilst crunk is a legitimate genre, electrocrunk is NN and sounds as if its the NN artist Shane Fontane's last ditch attempt at fame. This serves only as a self serving promotional article for the artist. Delete - Spawn Man 10:52, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Indeed. Another brand new single purpose account added nothing but promotional material about Shane Fontane to the article. IrishGuy ^talk 13:49, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Bearian's throwing of links into unrelated artists pages isn't going to help create this nonexistent microgenre. Eli lilly 01:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I've never heard of this genre before. Peecee1978 15:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom.--Miamite 08:28, 9 September 2007 (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.