Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Five Miles From Woodstock

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 delete. --Coredesat 19:21, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Five Miles From Woodstock

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Article fails WP:V and WP:MUSIC. There's no presence on Google for this band beyond wiki and its mirrors, plus a myspace page. The news article about the band member's survival of a plane crash did not mention the band. -- Whpq 01:53, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Strong delete. It seems a bit strange that a band that is supposedly "seeing a rise of 500% [record sales] on last year and requests for a gig in Italy" only has thirty relevant results on Google, most of which are from Wikipedia and mySpace.--TBCΦtalk? 02:16, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom - that 500% increase could be pretty easily explained if thier previous sales figures were in the area of two. -- wtfunkymonkey 03:02, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Strong delete as NN and almost definite vanity. Ultra-Loser Talk / Contributions 03:32, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy delete The Band is does not meet WP notablity standards and this article does compromise the integrity of WP. Regards, Signature^brendelNow under review! 07:23, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete no verification, and no claim to satisfy WP:MUSIC.-- danntm ^T _C 14:11, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep I am a member of the band, and this article has only just come to my attention (it has not been written by us). It is largely incorrect and I will fix it ASAP. First, a few of the comments below need correction. The news article about Alex Milner-Smith's survival of a plane crash DOES mention the band, please read it properly. The main results from Google are not Wikipedia and MySpace, but the band's official page, [1]. We are also featured on current West End Les Mis actor Gina Beck's website: [2]. The sales figures are made up, I will edit them. We currently are under contract with EggNog Records and TuneCore Distributors: our album "Trash Talk" will be on sale from all digital music stores (including iTunes) from December 2006. We have toured France and Italy, I will post up articles ASAP. Thankyou for the comments.--ED

• Comment - I did read the plane crash article, and I stand by my original statement in the nomination. What the article states, is a quote from Alex Milner-Smith

He would also like to return to playing in his rock band: "I'm a guitar player but luckily I play the drums as well. I might have to play those for a while until my fingers heal."

This provides nothing in the way of verifiability. In any case, the article is a poor choice for reference as the article is not about the band, but about the victim of a plane crash. For the refernces that you are adding, please review WP:V, and WP:MUSIC as there are the criteria being applied. -- Whpq 17:25, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - Fair enough, sensible point. I'm not advocating that this article should be kept on, by the way. I have no idea who wrote it. I will supply the correct information and then leave it to your sensible judgement. All the best. -- ED.

• Delete, fails WP:BAND and WP:V. Additional notability metric: no listeners on Last.fm. Maybe after the album hits the market.--Dhartung | Talk 23:33, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Be careful with autobiographical stuff. Still, if you want to keep the article, in light of the fact that the band has no major label releases, please provide links to reviews in reliable sources. If you have recieved reviews by music critics in newspapers, trade journals, magazines, etc., PLEASE PROVIDE THEM. Make sure the reviews are a) extensive and b) from reliable sources (click the link above for reliable sources) and the article becomes inherently keepable. In the absence of such evidence, it will be deletable. I will change my vote when and if the evidence of notability arrives. --Jayron32 05:18, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Though reading like an advert currently, an article on this band should be on wikipedia. One band member is famous in New Zealand after their plane crash, and many articles can be found on himin the NZ press. Also the motion from the JCR of Brasenose College, Oxford to make them the college's official band makes them a legitimate article. (Though should be made to read objectively). TGHB
• Delete Sorry, the band has not demonstrated enough notability for inclusion in an encyclopedia. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 16:38, 11 November 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.