Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Horror rock

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.-Wafulz (talk) 18:05, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Horror rock

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This article was previously deleted because it was completely unsourced and about a non-existent musical genre. The author then created what is essentially the same article again, with no improvement. It is completly original research and is not verifiable . Woland (talk) 15:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

• Comment - Hello I am the author of the page Horror Rock and i believe that my page should not be deleted, the reason that Horror Rock is so undefined is because it is a very small underground type of music and more often than not horror rock bands tend to not be able to refer to themselves as "Horror Rock" because of the lack of knowledge that people have as to what "Horror Rock" is, which is why i made this wikipedia page, i hoped to bring Horror Rock more into the public and help explain what it is and yes it is original research i did through the internet but it is very reliable research coming from many of the bands themselves who refer to themselves as "Horror Rock", there are also several Record Labels that specialize in Horror Rock such as: http://worldhorrornetwork.com/ , http://www.drcyclopsrecords.net/ , and http://www.bloodandgutsrecords.com/aboutus.html , there is also a story from the BBC that labels a band as "Horror Rock" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5001578.stm as far as i know this page is not interfering with any other pages nor is it a biased page it is just a small description and history of what "Horror Rock" is, it also includes a small list of bands that are seen as "Horror Rock" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicky Stake (talk • contribs) 21:32, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

  Hello there. Naturally, all contributions to Wikipedia are generally welcome. Unfortunately, this particular topic is, as you say, largely original research. If you read our verifiability policies and this article called WP:OR, you will have a clearer idea why the three other contributors to this page believe the article should be deleted. If you can, try to find some reliable, independent sources that define what "horror rock" actually is. If you can find sources (that ideally meet the guideline for reliable sources), then add them to the article and drop another note onto this page. If you have any questions please ask either here, or on one of our talkpages Fritzpoll (talk) 21:37, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

• Comment - I'm not sure I'd call it non-existent, as the phrase has been mentioned in reliable sources. The first one that comes to hand is this one. I'm leaning towards keep, and very far from delete right now. I'm going to see if I can find a source to pin it down Fritzpoll (talk) 15:21, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Going to leave this for now. So far, I've managed to turn up a lot of people claiming they like horror rock, articles on how to appreciate it, and a number of articles like the one I've quoted referring to others as belonging to it. Although some vague definitions exist, I can't yet find any in any reliable sources. I'll let someone else run with this for a while and see if they have better luck pinning down a source that defines Horror rock - fwiw, it seems closely related to Horror punk... Fritzpoll (talk) 15:38, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

• Conditional Keep My WP:HEY is that it get some reliable source citations and references to get ride of the original research issue. --Pmedema (talk) 18:31, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete My WP:HEY was not satisfied. Obliterate... Poof!
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 21:11, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete - despite my comments above, I have been unable to locate sources that define what horror rock is. I have found plenty of usages, but no defintions. My !vote should be completely disregarded if someone can find these elusive sources, as I've only searched the net and done a title search of my Uni library Fritzpoll (talk) 16:59, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete, self-declarations and a catchy title doe not compensate for what seems to be a lack of reliable sources bout this genre.--Tikiwont (talk) 10:22, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

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.