Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Candypunk

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The result of the debate was - renamed - SimonP 19:51, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Candypunk

Another imaginary music genre. —Wahoofive (talk) 06:23, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Delete Nothing found on Google whatsoever -CunningLinguist 06:27, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. the wub (talk) 08:05, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Comment there is actually more Google hits with "Candy Punk" rather than "Candypunk". It appears to be similar to Pop Punk, [1]. JamesBurns 10:51, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Move to Candy Punk and flag as a stub. Someone should add some bands and albums, and if possible some history and all that other sap these articles are filled with. Falcon 23:58, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Move When I made this I wasn't sure how whether to split candy an punk or not. And yes there is information on Google, you just have to look harder. Also I wouldn't expect a lot from Google yet anyway, as this seems to be a fairly recent offshoot.--Lzygenius 09:28, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to Pop punk. Phlebas 13:18, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
• Comment I am compiling a list of bands, songs and albums that fit under this genre.--Lzygenius 18:06, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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I've never heard of this genre in my life. I thought electronic punk was called new wave or synthpunk? Seems that this is pointless. For one, any band under this genre would also automatically be eligible for one of the aforementioned punk offshoots. For two, the creator of the article can only name one band (before I deleted whoever put Green Day as a candy punk band) for this genre. And thirdly, if it is a recent genre, well... that's just dumb. Genres generally don't get their classification till about 5 years after the initial band comes out and is then copied by slews of other bands. Then someone finally thinks to name the genre. It would be impossible to name it before then since technically it would just be one band's particular unique style and a few bands imitating them.