Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The desert highlife

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 delete. -- ( drini's _vandalproof page ☎ ) 21:04, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The desert highlife

I am not convinced that a local Virginia band is notable. V/ M
01:51, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

• Don't Delete, ok first off. StarryEyes.. his acne has nothing to do with the deletion of this article. Gazpacho, they are in the 10th grade and are already in the news paper and are popular all throughout Northern Virginia, such as of course King George, Fredericksburg, Westmoreland, Caroline, Spotsovania, and many other counties surrounding Fredericksburg. They have played at many different places such as The Big One V (won Player's Choice), The Loft, and Pickers Supply in downtown Fredericksburg. Holderca1, its pretty notable especially since 2 or 3 of those google hits are popular area Newspapers. The minister of war, he could creme you at bass anyday and how does that have to deal with deletion?? Not quite sure what nn means? not notable??. Come visit Fredericksburg and King George and ask any middle/highschool kid and most any young (20 - mid 30's) adults and they could name The Desert Highlife for you most likely. I didnt get to put much time into the article yet, considering the first attempt i made was cut off and placed with this stupid deletion thing. They also have a demo coming out in a few weeks/months. They have played with bands such as 816 and St. Diablo (who have few albums out already and played with The Desert Highlife). Most of these Delete posts are rubish (especially StarryEyes's post)Lucid 19:50, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment. Review the section of WP:Music on what makes a band notable. This band meets none of those requirments(If I am wrong on this, mention which one of the seven they have accomplished). Also, not sure what you searched for under Google. But none of the hits on my search were newspapers. --Holderca1 20:37, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment Answered. Try searching google for "the desert highlife free lance star" its about the 2nd one down. from there you can find a link to the freelancestar.com site, or if you wish, you can look through the other pages of results. Possibly number 6. Thats the mood of Fredericksburg and surrounding cities. Its pretty much an opinon thing but since you dont live their you cant possibly have an opinion. also it says on the page "Please note that the failure to meet any of these criteria does not mean an article must be deleted; conversely, the meeting of any of these criteria does not mean that an article must be kept. These are merely rules of thumb which some editors choose to keep in mind when deciding whether or not to keep an article that is on articles for deletion.". So even if they dont classify they still dont need to be deleted. they are rising band with a good future. even a demo soon. why not give them a page?
    • Answer to comment answered: Because millions of bands claim to be rising bands with good futures and end up nowhere. I wish them all the best but until they make an actual record on an actual label they are not notable. I do apologize for the "Clearasil" remark, it wasn't meant as a personal attack, it was just good-natured jest. Also, Lucid, in the future, please note that new votes in AFD go at the bottom, not at the top. StarryEyes 21:03, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment. Searching for what you asked me to search for revealed 0 hits. [1]. As well as the results for just the band. [2] They can have their own page when they have an actual record. --Holderca1 22:33, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment Answered, try searching without the quotes. it works. Lucid 14:44, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
      • Yeah, but then it pulls up webpages from the Sahara desert to Miller Highlife. The only webpages that I have found that mention the band are their own webpage, some other not so notable band's webpage that mentions them, and an article written by a high school student. --Holderca1 17:56, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
        • Whats wrong with a high school student? it was published by a newspaper. Obviously it was edited and reviewed by the Free Lance Star to see if it was suitable or just plain bogus. Plus the student is from Brooke Point High School, a high school that none of the band members have ever visited or seen. On the 816 website it even says The Desert Highlife, player's choice meaning that out of all the bands, they were voted for the award.Lucid 19:57, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, never signed. Gazpacho 01:54, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, a whopping 5 google hits, not notable. --Holderca1 02:07, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. A 15-year old bass veteran? The Minister of War 06:30, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment. No disrespect intended Lucid, apologies if they sounded as such. They do have some nice gigs lined up, and agreed, the Ultra Super Zombie Lords is a great name. But I've played guitar and bass in a promising young band for some 13 years now, and I'm pretty sure my band doesnt deserve an article either (yet of course). The Minister of War 13:04, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. [extraneous nasty remarks removed with apologies from S.E. Best of luck to the group.] StarryEyes 08:43, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Perhaps you could remove (not just strikeout, but remove) the personal comment about them. Making the article was an honest good faith misunderstanding of wiki policies. --rob 20:50, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Done StarryEyes 22:12, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Though I think "good faith" is a bit of a stretch. See some of the edits at Special:Contributions/Lucid.. Of particular interest is his second-from-bottom edit summary. Of course, best not to stoop to his level. StarryEyes
    • He deleted my post because he didnt agree with it. it wasnt under my name because i haddent gotten an account yet. just because i dis like someone doesnt mean my articles are bad.Lucid 19:57, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete nn. --rob 08:47, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, doesn't appear to meet WP:MUSIC criteria (as pointed out by Holderca1)).--Isotope23 20:42, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, but gently. I admire their enthusiasm, and the fact that one of them was in the "Ultra Super Zombie Lords", which is a great name. Shame their website doesn't have any music on it. I have played the bass guitar, and I believe it is easily possible to be a 15-year-old veteran of the instrument. It only has four strings, after all. The article and the website remind me of Bryan Adams' "Summer of 69". the band will split up, they will get jobs, and eventually their instruments will end up in the attic or on eBay. Happens to everyone. -Ashley Pomeroy 21:49, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, and lay off on the snark guys. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 21:56, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
• Let's not be nasty. Good luck to them, and when they're famous, we can have an article about them. For now, though, Delete. -- The Anome 22:00, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete until they can meet WP:MUSIC chowells 00:04, 26 October 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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.