Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Brakes

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 no consensus. W.marsh 21:00, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Brakes

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Deletion/redirection suggested on talk page. Notability tag removed with no comment. Made by single purpose account. Before that it redirected to the unrelated Brakes (band). I thought it should get an AfD before one editor redirected to the unrelated article again. I express no opinion. PrimeHunter 18:34, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

• Redirect to Brakes (band). No establishment of notability, but assertion thereof. --Dennisthe2 19:56, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy keep. Among other things: The Brakes [are] featured in H&R Block's new "TaxCut program" advertising campaign. Starting on January 8, television ads featuring the band ... have begun to appear on networks like MTV, VH1, FOX, WB and Comedy Central with recent sightings during favorites like The Daily Show and The Simpsons. Additionally, the band will also be the face of the "TaxCut Program"'s print campaign which includes the back cover of the current issue of Entertainment Weekly, the January 26, 2006 issue of Rolling Stone and upcoming issues of Us Weekly. [1] I'll post this and other acceptable external links I found, in the article, and I ask that the two editors who have expressed their opinions so far take another look at that article. -- John Broughton ^(♫♫) 23:36, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
• I'm not quite sure why this is being subjected for deletion. I put this up here to try to get more people to know one of my favorite bands, especially since there has been some international controversy over the group's name. i'm extremely new to wikipedia and still just trying to figure out how everything works here. there isn't really a conflict of interest since i'm just someone who likes the band and not anyone who is to gain anything from the article being posted. i tried to put up pictures that i got from the band's website but didn't know how to exactly list them as licensing. i asked the band about posting them and they said it was fine. if someone could help me out with keeping this page up i'd really appreciate it. thanks! --Jesscosca (talk • contribs) 18:23, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect to Brakes (band). Taking the criteria on WP:MUSIC, they have no charted hit, had no record gone gold, had no albums released on a major label or larger indie, have no notable members, do not represent a major part of a 'scene' or musical movement, have won no major awards or competitions, have been the subject of no major media articles and do not appear to have been on rotation on a major radio network or been the subject of a broadcast on such a network. Furthermore, outside of these criteria they do not appear to be signed to any label at all (feel free to correct me though) and a search on allmusic seems to return results only for a 60's band of the same name, so it doesn't appear as though many people are listening to them. The only criteria they begin to match is number 9 - "has performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g. a theme for a network television show. (But if this is the only claim, it is probably more appropriate to have a mention in the main article and redirect to that page)" - but playing on the TV commercial of a personal finance company seems to stretch the concept of notability to its very limit. Newartriot 03:30, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - I think John has shown that the band has notability though association with other notable endeavors. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 20:23, 3 February 2007 (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.