Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Avenue D (band)

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The result was Nomination withdrawn, Keep. Teke 05:05, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Avenue D (band)

Fails WP:MUSIC, a party act. Sales figures are impossible to verify (50,000 burned cds sold worldwide?), and the trivia section does nothing to enhance notability. Teke 00:38, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• I withdraw the nomination by overwhelming concesus. I cannot dispute the Billboard charting, which falls under the music guidelines; I commend the other editors for their commitment. Teke 05:05, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

• Note - the article had not received the AfD template. This has now been added. BigHaz 00:44, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• My apologies, it seemed my template got lost in a session data error (I use a script for nomination). Thanks for the fix. Teke 00:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete — Fails WP:MUSIC per nom - Glen 01:04, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep They seem to meet WP:MUSIC's sections on CDs and touring, according to the discography on their website and the press section. The press section in and of itself (with clippings from the Village Voice to the Glasgow Herald, etc.) should do it to keep this article.--Kchase T 01:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete — Fails WP:MUSIC per nom KnightLago 02:21, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Interesting group, but is it verifiable? Keep if references added before end of AfD.(done as of 02:20, 10 August 2006 (UTC)) JYolkowski // talk 02:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. They've got a (fairly minimal) Allmusic page, and according to the "Charts & Awards" section thereof, their song Do I Look Like a Slut? reached #8 on Billboard's Hot Dance Singles chart.[1]. As such, they satisfy WP:MUSIC. Without looking too hard, I also found two of the media mentions from their "Press" page: one each in the New York Times[2] and the Village Voice[3]], both of which are brief-but-very-positive discussions of the group's live performances (two different shows). I also spotted a single-track review for one of their collaborative projects in Pitchfork[4]. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 03:04, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

One more before I go to bed: Here's their feature in the Pittsburgh City Paper. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 03:17, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Why not? It looks roughly accurate and fairly NPOV. —Ben FrantzDale 03:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

"Delete per nom. The article shows no notability per WWP:MUSIC. I note the claims for notability, again in the afd discussion rather than the article. Nor am I am impressed by the keep noms that the article "looks roughly accurate". Tychocat 08:59, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• You realize, of course, that the time you took to write "Delete" here could've also been used to add some of that info to the article? I'll never understand some people's views on deletion. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 10:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Indeed, you are correct. As I am, in presuming you have not added the information either, as of this writing? I realize I am speaking for myself when I say irony does not travel well. Tychocat 14:57, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• I added a bit on touring (with refs!). AfD regulars might be amused to hear their song on donkey punching.--Kchase T 15:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• I didn't update it last night because (as I noted at the time) I was about 30 seconds from falling asleep at my computer, and I figured that I could get it after work later today if nobody else did it first. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 16:07, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per above. --badlydrawnjeff talk 11:07, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - They charted, so they're encyclopaedic content. I can't believe I'm saying keep on a MySpace band. WilyD 13:22, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• Fortunately, MySpace can't make notable things non-notable, and you might be surprised at how many genuinely notable bands have pages there. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 14:36, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep They're notable. rootology (T) 15:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• keep this please it passes wp:music with touring and releases and billboard hit single too Yuckfoo 04:59, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per charted hit. --Aguerriero (talk) 21:51, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - revised article meets WP:MUSIC for showing charted hits, and national tours. It's a pity the afd process must be used to get articles to meet WP policies and guidelines. Tychocat 23:25, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

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.