Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Test Theory

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 16:57, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Test Theory

Non-notable per WP:MUSIC -Nv8200p talk 21:42, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 21:51, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and add Between superego & id to AfD nomination An independent band which has recorded nothing but EPs; their upcoming EP (which will be "independently printed, pressed and released") has just as little notability asserted by its article as the band's article. -- Kicking222 22:27, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Check one of the revisions in history: 01:36, 2 August 2006 Stifle (Talk | contribs) (album releases == assertion of notability). I thought this might be relevant. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wafulz (talk • contribs).
  • Comment The problem with that statement is that, unless albums are released by a major label or a very large indie, album releases in no way assert notability. These guys self-releasing a couple of EPs does nothing to prove that they're a significant band. -- Kicking222 16:38, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Ok, can someone clear this up for me? I cleaned up the article to read less like an advertisement and more like simple information, but I want to know if this isn't good enough. If somewhere in the Wikipedia rules it clearly states that unless a band is momentus and signed to a large label it's viable to be on Wikipedia, then I want to know about it. Otherwise, what exactly is the issue? The EP will be released soon, I truly believe that at least a few people in Australia will be interested about the release date and content of the cd itself - regardless of whether we're signed or not. Is this not what Wikipedia stands for as far as being a source of information, facilitated freely by the public? --Testtheory 09:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
  • WP:MUSIC gives guidelines for notablility for bands. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. We don't document the future. Only notable stuff in the past and present. -Nv8200p talk 14:50, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
• delete as per nom. NN, no claims of notability in artcle, (and, note to User:Testtheory. fails to meet the standards set in WP:MUSIC) Pete.Hurd 22:28, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Alright, I've read the page on notability for music, and have found something that we definitely come under. 'Has become the most prominent representative of a notable style or the local scene of a city' - Test Theory is not only the only hard rock / screamo band in Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory - but the entire Territory. We are literally the only band playing this type of music, and are trying our hardest to build up the Northern scene enough to support more bands like us. What proof do I need to show the admins that we are the most prominent representation of our genre in our city? --Testtheory 05:38, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete The "local scene" criterion refers to Seattle Grunge or the Dunedin Sound, not to being the only band of a given genre in one city. I also prodded the EP. ~ trialsanderrors 20:49, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

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