Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/USC SoundCheck

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:42, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

USC SoundCheck[edit]

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Appears to fail WP:MUSICBIO. I have been unable to locate significant coverage outside of original sources and the student newspaper "The Daily Gamecock", and as noted in WP:MUSICBIO, "Articles in a school or university newspaper (or similar) would generally be considered trivial..." I am unable to find any evidence that the group has achieved national recognition, has received non-trivial coverage of a national or international tour, has released albums on a major label, or has won any major music industry awards. A claim made by the article's original author (who has declared a conflict of interest [1]) [2] is, "number one A Cappella group in the state of South Carolina" - but I am unable to locate any sources to verify this. The author's claim appears to be based on number of youtube hits and facebook fans, which is not an acceptable source for such a claim. This appears to be a student organization which is popular on its own campus, but at present does not have significant notability for a Wikipedia article. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 17:25, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of South Carolina-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 20:51, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 20:51, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, not notable. There are dozens of other entries on "collegiate a cappella" groups that could be deleted as well. Hairhorn (talk) 15:42, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 16:32, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as normal for this type of article . State awards are not sufficient; national awards would be needed, or significant recordings. DGG ( talk ) 20:08, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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