Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blaggards

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 of the debate was no consensus to delete. W.marsh 15:50, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blaggards

The genre Stout Irish Rock is up for AfD already. These guys are a small local bank not notable. Defunkier 14:03, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - Sources of articles aren't just small local papers. If this were Ottumwa, Iowa I'd probably agree but seeing as how they're from Houston, and doing a fairly large tour of the East Coast. Dismas|^(talk) 14:36, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete. Rather un-notable. Please provide evidence of the contrary. Cut the reviews, get rid of the spurious quip about there being "no 'the' in their name", and replace all the promotional links with some reliable sources. Basically make it more encyclopedic and I'd reconsider. I have a hard time taking any band seriously when the third Google result is their Myspace profile. -- Krash (Talk) 14:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• They appear to be a local act that's now touring other areas. I doubt they meet WP:MUSIC requirements, but we've now got people making articles on Paddy Rock Radio to help promote them also. They seem to be somewhat borderline on signficance and media coverage, but I wonder if it's worth trying to delete them? It sure looks like self-promotion, but do we care? Ned Wilbury 15:16, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
  • To me, that's all the more reason to care more. See WP:VAIN. -- Krash (Talk) 15:33, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
    • You may have a point. They have some press coverage, but so far it's local papers, not serious music media. Local bands get written about in local papers all the time, so if being a local band isn't enough, delete. I don't see how being a local band in a large city makes you something more than a local band. Ned Wilbury 15:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
      • It's all a matter of scale, all of it. Rudy Giuliani is notable for having been in New York politics but then the mayor of a small town who has organized many things in their area like food drives for the poor, and various other humanitarian efforts would raise the deletion question in some people's minds. Dismas|^(talk) 20:08, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, appear to be just over the notability line. "When in doubt, don't delete." Monicasdude 16:13, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete - smacks of fanzine Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! ^(Whisper...) 16:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep,my thing is, is that Austin is known as the live music capital, many bands local, mational, and international come to play here, to very huge and famous music fectivals happen here (Austin City Limits and SxSW) therefore when the local paper writes about a band, they know what they are talking about. Same for the Houston paper, Houston and a major city in america and has a major newspaper, local but decently well known. Also, you say that they do not play other places, they just embarked on a major tour of the northeast, playing at some very well known pubs in New York and Boston. Instead of writing them off, why don't you get to know them and listen to some of their music, maybe see a live show (if you can). I believe if you see them live, you would be hooked. Just ask the over 5000 myspace friends from all over the world that have never seen them live but are hooked because of the CD.

--199.59.33.130 20:18, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

• • Comment Hey playing at some very well known pubs, see a live show ( if you can ) says it all. The city is notable, the paper is notable but not everything in them is. Defunkier 13:21, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
• weak keep some notable information here. needs new sources and cleanup, but perhaps worth keeping. Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens 21:29, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• No vote yet. Only criteria of WP:MUSIC it could conceivably meet is if the article can prove that they are a "prominant representative of the local scene of a city." If this can be accomplished, then my vote is keep. If not, then my vote is delete. I'm leaning delete here, because this band isn't even on a record label! --EdGl 23:59, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as they don't seem to meet any of the WP:MUSIC criteria Tuf-Kat 12:13, 16 March 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.