Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Smokey Wambas

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The result of the debate was Keep. Ëvilphoenix ^Burn! 01:49, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Smokey Wambas

A "5 piece punk/emo/post hardcore band out of Holyoke, Massachusetts" with one EP released. Googling "The Smokey Wambas" returns 158 hits, mostly pertinent. Article claims that band has toured with "Jimmies Chicken Shack, Agent Orange and the Misfits," which are notable bands in their own right. As for these guys, I say... keep trying, and, hopefully, succeed, but until you do, there's no need for an article. Delete jglc | t | c 21:11, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

• Keep ... just barely ... they have released some actual recordings, and just crawl under the fence as I see it. Ben-w 21:23, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Just as a comment, recall that WP:MUSIC states that a band must release "two or more albums on a major label or one of the more important indie labels" in order to meet guidelines. jglc | t | c 21:25, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment -- fair enough. The touring information, though, if accurate, might do it? They're one step up from the usual "The Goatfuckers are the kewlest band in Winnipeg and they will take over the world as soon as one of us learns a second chord and our moms let us stay out late" sort of NNBV, so I guess I was being generous. Ben-w 22:04, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
      • Comment -- Heh. Yeah. It seems as though we're just barely on opposite sides of the fence. I guess we'll see what sort of consensus comes about. jglc | t | c 22:23, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete I agree with jglc. Not quite there yet. 70.48.133.128
• Weak keep - needs some serious cleanup but the facts as presented make this seem like it might just barely sneak by WP:MUSIC. ESkog 23:49, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
• Weak keep and cleanup. Touring with notable bands possibly qualifies them under WP:music. No allmusic.com article as yet but a Yahoo Audio Search shows some of their tracks are available for download. [1] Capitalistroadster 02:24, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
• Weak Keep eventualism. Themindset 23:03, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

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