Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spora

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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. Eugene van der Pijll 11:41, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Spora

Indie band with no entry on allmusic.com; if they actually have a legitimate claim to notability, I don't know what it would be. Delete or prove me wrong. Bearcat 04:56, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

• Keep assuming that the article's assertion that they have achieve Gold album sales in Canada is correct. According to www.phx5.com/news.htm, Homegrown has sold 60,000 units which would qualify for notability. Seem to be a Christian music band rather than mainstream - could that explain absence from allmusic.com? CLW 08:12, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Commentno it wouldnt. The vast majority of notable Christian rock bands have allmusic entries. Haven't heard of this band before, but it's possible they're popular in Canada without notability in the USA. No vote right now. Kertrats | Talk 14:53, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: Homegrown is a compilation album of local bands; it's not their own album, so it can't be said that they've achieved a gold album of their own. Bearcat 17:19, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete for now unless shown to meet WP:MUSIC. The record is a "compilation", this means it's one song by this band and a bunch of songs by other bands, right? This may not help their case much. If they can be shown to be notable in a verifiable way, I could certainly change my mind. Friday (talk) 15:15, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete: Something very fishy (and unChristian) about the boast of a gold record that is not theirs. Being on a compilation is a fine thing, and it's a world better than most failing bandity articles, but there is no verifiability for this, and verifiability is one of our minimum requirements. Geogre 21:35, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Vote changed to Delete as per Bearcat CLW 07:44, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Nominated for Candian Gospel Music Association Modern Rock Album of the year in 2004. It's not a Grammy, but it's more notable than much that survives this process. Have also toured Canada, which is at least medium sized.- Jaysus Chris 09:59, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. I don't even accept WP:MUSIC's overly generous definition of notability as valid. This certainly doesn't pass. / Peter ^Isotalo 03:44, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
• So you admit you're more exclusionist than WP:MUSIC, which itself isn't even a policy? That's a good argument o_O Keep as per Jaysus Chris's comment ··gracefool |☺ 15:33, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Groeck 16:42, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom. -- Spinboy 20:19, 27 September 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.