Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AbsolutePunk.net (2nd nomination)
With sources such as these it can be difficult to establish notability because there will be many links to them as they are freely available on the internet and, as user run websites, anyone create articles and submit news. Site such as this are well used by indy artists to get free publicity via |Self-published sources or via fans re-posting information found in those same sources. This is a case where you can not find many sources ''about the subject'' that are not self published, but you can find many sources that ''link to the subject''. A perfect example is the http://www.nme.com/news/gym-class-heroes/27074 "Gym Class Heroes drummer speaks about arrest" article from NME cited above. It is not an article about Absolute Punk, nor does the band mention them. The only mention is "Absolute Punk reports the band are set to play the following live dates" followed by a list of dates for the band Gym Class Heroes. This is information that is freely available from many sources and if the "Absolute Punk reports..." wording was taken out the NME article would have no ill effect and would not suffer. It feels like I say this a lot of late but, for me, all I  ask is that a few feature stories on a subject exist or, if they do not, several "non trivial" articles where the subject is addressed in a not-trivial way do. In this case articles about an artist who speak at length about how Absolute Punk helped to establish their fan base, led to their record deal, helped them to get a gold record or something similar would work. Articles that simply cite Absolute Punk I would not consider as "significant coverage" or even part of "multiple non-trival sources". Articles such as the two mentioned from NME do meet the "non-trivial" definition. Per "Top 25 Most Influential People in Online Music." Of the actual site it says that "''it survived the blink-182 era to become the essential Web echo chamber for all things punk and emo, with 150,000 users writing as many as 60,000 gushy, newsy and polemical posts a day
— User:Soundvisions1, 21:43, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:SPS (Wikipedia:Verifiability)