Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Esoterica (black metal band)

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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:46, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Esoterica (black metal band)

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Doesn't seem to pass WP:GNG or WP:NBAND. All of the references are either to the record label's website (essentially a primary source) or to metal-archives.com, which WP:MUSICRS lists as a user-generated source. Doesn't seem to be notable. Hog Farm (talk) 15:57, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 15:57, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 15:57, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 15:57, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment' - I see that this band (Esoterica) alone does not meet notability criteria as they are quite esoteric. However, the singer/guitarist of the band (Alex Poole) is also a member of other black metal bands (Chaos Moon and Krieg). Krieg is probably the most noteworthy of the related groups. I'm seeing our options as merging Esoterica with the already existing Krieg page. Or perhaps creating an Alex Poole page to unit all of the projects he is involved in. Perhaps, there is a third option I'm not thinking of right now. I'm open to suggestions.

-BigMac — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigmacthealmanac (talk • contribs) 21:40, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I'm gonna explain every source:

Each source, and reasons why they aren't reliable.

First source and fifth source: Doesn't even mention the band at all.

Second and third source: Exact same website, which have the exact same content. Although this website is reliable, you don't need to have the same source twice

Fourth source: Blogspot is absolutely not a reliable source. See WP:UGC

Sixth and seventh source: the same sources as the second and fourth source.

eighth source: Primary source, which absolutely proves the subject is not notable.

There isn't much more to say. So I vote delete. Kori (@) 23:30, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Koridas' analysis. I'm not seeing a suitable redirect target as Alex Poole does not exist. b uidhe 03:02, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Hog Farm. Puduḫepa 08:24, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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