Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seeking Blue (record label)

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. Spartaz ^Humbug! 06:23, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Seeking Blue (record label)

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No substantial third party coverage available, appears not to satisfy GNG. Elmidae (talk · contribs) 06:48, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 08:16, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 08:16, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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As the creator of the page, I suggest that we Keep it. Seeking Blue is attributed to MrSucideSheep, a channel with over 8 million subscribers and is the 233rd largest channel on Youtube^[1]. Fairly notable acts such as EDEN (who just this week released his debut album, with ads paid for by Spotify advertising the album put up around Time Square, New York^[2]). Illenium is another act associated with the label, who has opened for acts like The Chainsmokers and ODESZA, as well as recently being billed on the 3rd line of this years Coachella lineup^[3]. I'd argue that in the Electronic scene, Seeking Blue is one of the largest independent record labels. This is my first time contributing to an AfD so if I have done anything wrong let me know. Mattymooz (talk) 19:22, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The signed acts (or most of them, didn't check) may be notable and some have articles, but the question is whether the label itself is. There seems to be no reliable coverage showing this; and in fact your additional sources above all fall into the "unreliable" camp and can't be used to establish notability (see WP:TWITTER). Notable acts don't confer their notability to the label (see WP:NOTINHERITED). So I think we are still stuck at "notability not shown". --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 15:33, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'd argue that in the Electronic scene, Seeking Blue is one of the largest independent record labels. - There are SIGNIFICANTLY bigger Electronic record labels (some of which are still not notable enough to have an article). Seeking Blue have 15 releases over 3 years, only one of which hit the Billboard 200 - For some more notable record labels (often but not always those with good critical coverage of their releases, or relevant/popular/pivotal releases in an 'underground' genre) this wouldn't be an issue, but combined with the general lack of notability currently demonstrated (as Elmidae mentioned, see WP:TWITTER), I feel this is a case of WP:TOOSOON more than anything else.

If MrSuicideSheep was notable enough to have a Wikipedia article (which I don't believe they are) I'd suggest this article be merged into MrSuicideSheep's, but in this case I'd support a deletion per WP:TOOSOON. -- Cheers, Alfie. (Say Hi!) 12:28, 24 January 2018 (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.