Talk:Ghoultown

Notability + verifiability discussion

This article may not meet the notability criteria for WP:BAND. Improving the number of reliable and verifiable sources would go a long way to establishing the notability of this band, which has certainly had a modestly successful career from what I'm seeing. Here's my very cursory view of the 12 criteria there (note that passing any one criteria could potentially establish notability :

1. Has not been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in reliable sources
2. Has not had a single or album on any country's national music chart.
3. Has not had a record certified gold or higher in at least one country.
4. Has not received non-trivial coverage in independent reliable sources of an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one country.
   • The tours the article mentions are both in the US, neither of which appears to have non-trivial coverage.
5. Has not released two or more albums on a major record label or on one of the more important indie labels
   • The two labels Ghoultown has recorded with, Angry Planet Records and Zoviet, do not appear to be notable indie labels
6. Does not contain two or more independently notable musicians, or is a musician who has been a reasonably prominent member of two or more independently notable ensembles.
7. Has potentially become one of the most prominent representatives of a notable style or the most prominent of the local scene of a city.
   • The MusicBrainz annotation for the band calls the group "On the forefront of the gothabilly musical genre," and if this is played out in notable/verifiable sources it could potentially establish notability.
8. Has not won or been nominated for a major music award, such as a Grammy.
9. Has not won first, second or third place in a major music competition.
10. Has potentially performed music for a work of media that is notable.
    • American Nightmare does have a WP article but is also debatably notable IMO, and Jon Keeyes has his own article but the films Ghoultown performed for do not. WP:BAND states "If this is the only claim, it is probably more appropriate to have a mention in the main article and redirect to that article." I think given the fact that it's multiple works, that goes toward suggesting notability.
11. Has not been placed in rotation nationally by a major radio or music television network.
12. Has not been a featured subject of a substantial broadcast segment across a national radio or television network.

As you can see, it's just on the cusp of notability on multiple criteria. I support keeping the page personally, but it really needs improvement to demonstrate notability. - - mathmitch7 ^{(talk/contribs)} 13:52, 12 April 2021 (UTC)