Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alaska!

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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 Keep. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-17 09:07Z

[edit] Alaska!

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Initially prodded with concern "Don't appear to be very notable," but article does seem to assert some notability, though the claims are unsourced. This is a procedural listing, I have no opinion. Seraphimblade Talk to me Please review me! 04:41, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Very strong Keep Notable band, though I did just strip the article of some blatant allmusic.com plagiarism. That said, they've got a full entry on allmusic, they're selling on amazon, they've been singed to two indie mainstays, the frontman is Russell Pollard for pete's sake, and they've had at least one national news story (not to mention they've been on at least one national tour). Needless to say they meet WP:MUSIC sans problem. That said, the article should be cleaned up a bit and expanded (and have some references too), I'm not arguing against that. But it's definitely Wikipedia-worthy. And I'm generally a stickler for that. But the band has Russell Pollard! :) Rockstar915 06:09, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep as it meets most of the criterias at WP:MUSIC. The band has recored two albums with Columbia Records [1], and most of the band's members were previously part of other notable bands.--TBCΦtalk? 06:11, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep for the same reasons that others have stated--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 14:12, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Rename to Alaska! (band) to clarify that it is another band article and not an article about something else. Most band articles on Wikipedia need to be so labelled to avoid confusion. Edison 16:26, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
    • I disagree about the renaming. Do we need an article with a name as specific, as, say, Emerson, Lake & Palmer to have the (band) put on the end? I don't think so. This suggestion goes against Wikipedia's naming conventions.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 17:57, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Expand. The article is a stub, however is is not neccisary to delete it. Kelseyak90 19:32, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Does meet Music bio criteria, so it can be improved. Alex43223 Talk | Contribs | E-mail | C 20:44, 13 March 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.