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The result was no consensus. Nakon 03:54, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Trapped In Static[edit]

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Band looks to fail WP:NBAND, created by WP:SPA. Lots of social media refs but I can't find sufficient reliable sources to support the article. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 02:12, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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According to Wikipedia these should be considered reliable sources for which they meet more then 1 of the criteria that are required to identify them as notable - specifically criteria 9,10,11 and 12 are mentioned below:

• A movie on IMDb that was released in 2014, for which the theme song and music is written by Athan Hilaki / Trapped In Static (under full cast)
  

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3132796/

• The trailer of the movie "Preying For Mercy", which was written & performed by Trapped In Static, with title "Nitro (The End)" - the song can be found on their soundcloud and website
  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxz38wDiw88

• Featured on national cable TV - The band has performed live for the Manhattan Network Neighborhood, below a video from their performance.
  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvGXmNo5ywI

• Below the bands information on MTV.com a well established music channel
  

http://www.mtv.com/artists/trapped-in-static/

• The band also won Top Artist of May 2013 at ArtistSignal.com - an online worldwide contest that includes over 1000 bands, below the link shows the band as one of the past winners.
  

https://artistsignal.com/discover/our-winners

• The band was also a featured artist and their music was used in more then one episode for the TV series Niteclub Ratings. Below the TV series on IMDb and videos on demand, online from Vimeo, where you can see the band as one of the featured artists.
  

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2204922/
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/6476/78423661 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Outliner (talk • contribs) 03:22, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Outliner: Thanks for working to find sources for this. I'd still recommend reading WP:RS, though. Sites that rely on user-contributed content like imdb, youtube, and vimeo are almost always (and in fact always in the case of imdb) considered unreliable. What we need are things like newspaper articles about a trailer that talks about them, magazine articles about the movie, blog posts on well known websites, coverage in books, etc. The artistsignal award and the cable tv appearance may be meaningful, but I don't think the others will have much sway here. Although I do not ultimately decide this, I can say pretty confidently that with the current sourcing the band will be deemed not notable enough yet (maybe WP:TOOSOON). --— Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 19:13, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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@Rhododendrites: I read the article, thanks again for the tips. Below is some more information.

• This is a very well established blog about movies called MovieClips. In the link below, is the trailer of the movie "Preying For Mercy" which they posted on their youtube account.
  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxz38wDiw88

• As far as published material, the band was featured in the first issue of The Revolution Magazine by Model Mutiny. If needed I can upload a screenshot of the physical magazine somewhere.
  

http://www.trappedinstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/revmag-preview.jpg

• The artist signal contest covers one of the criteria as well, since the article comes from their official blog and can be found in other blogs as well such as the UK arts directory and mi2n.org - Music Industry News Network (a source that has been used for numerous of wikipedia articles, as it shows in search results. Articles such as Sheryl Crow, Songkick and plenty more).
  

http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=164739

...It seems that I found numerous other bands that definitely have less references then this band here, not sure how those bands are still on wikipedia...I will keep looking for more sources, thanks again. On a last note, the TV show should be quite a big one since it is on a national network, the video is posted on the hostess's youtube account and it does cover one of the criteria (n.12) required to identify them as notable

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