Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cartoon Boyfriend

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I can't find anything to support notability for this band. —Мандичка^YO 😜 05:46, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

• Comment. I can. A track used in the soundtracks of th films Home Alone 3 and A Cool, Dry Place([http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5668540/]), plus coverage: [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cartoon-boyfriend-mn0000186493/biography], [http://www.allmusic.com/album/nipples-mw0000608693], [http://www.lamusicawards.com/act/cartoon-boyfriend/], [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RJdvOqG3eccC&pg=PT91&dq=%22cartoon+boyfriend%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIpvmgx_PSyAIVCcAUCh1fTgJ9#v=onepage&q=%22cartoon%20boyfriend%22&f=false], [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0ioEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17&dq=%22cartoon+boyfriend%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCkQ6AEwA2oVChMIpvmgx_PSyAIVCcAUCh1fTgJ9#v=onepage&q=%22cartoon%20boyfriend%22&f=false]. Not the most notable of bands but at least borderline. --Michig (talk) 06:16, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

::Allmusic doesn't count as "coverage" and neither does the LA Music Awards profile. Their song being used in two soundtracks might give notability to that song, but only if there was coverage of it. A magazine doing a teeny article about "nipples" in music and mentioning this group had a album by that name doesn't give them much notability. If they don't have chart success, a band must have in-depth coverage from reliable sources to meet GNG. —Мандичка^YO 😜 21:29, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

:::Of course Allmusic coverage is coverage. That's a rather bizarre argument. Re. the film soundtracks see WP:BAND criterion 10. --Michig (talk) 05:39, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

::::Allmusic is just a directory, not much different than IMDB or TV Guide listings. —Мандичка^YO 😜 04:10, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

:::::No it isn't. --Michig (talk) 07:05, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Human3015^TALK  06:50, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Human3015^TALK  06:50, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

• I'm not sure but I may say delete for now and at least mention elsewhere as I'm still not seeing much for a better article. SwisterTwister talk 20:33, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

• Delete Whether a brief, incidental, and blog-like review on one of allmusic's tracklist pages could constitute a reliable source is debatable, but I don't think we need to tease that issue apart in this case, since the review really provides very little detail about the band in this instance. On the whole, I tend to feel that sourcing here does not satisfy WP:GNG or WP:BAND. Snow ^{let's rap} 06:08, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
• Delete. The book mentioned above, [https://books.google.com/books?id=RJdvOqG3eccC&pg=PT91&dq=%22cartoon+boyfriend%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAWoVChMIodzvv7H_yAIVxWk-Ch35ZgAJ#v=onepage&q=%22cartoon%20boyfriend%22&f=false Going Pro: Developing a Professional Career in the Music Industry], was written by the band's manager, so it's not really independent. The award doesn't look notable, either. That mostly leave the soundtracks, and criterion #10 discounts itself as a sole indicator of notability. I agree that Allmusic is more than a directory, but its mission is to be so comprehensive as to be useless as an indicator of notability. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:57, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

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