Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bad Flirt (band)

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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 – PeaceNT 06:28, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Flirt (band)

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Band does not appear to meet notability guidelines. Was speedied under CSD A7 (no assertion of notability), but original author and another newly registered editor asked for reconsideration. Tangotango (talk) 18:40, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep, band meets WP:MUSIC as it has completed an international tour, as well as a national tour of Canada. --badlydrawnjeff talk 18:44, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
  • delete article attempts to assert notability by mentioning brief associations with barely notable artists that are on barely notable labels. And Some of these "association links" are dabs that do not link to specific music artists. Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 18:56, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. The strongest argument for notability seems to be touring, but WP:MUSIC says that the tour should have been reported in reliable sources, and I don't see evidence of that in the article or the band's web page. Reconsider if creator produces multiple non-trivial examples of media coverage. -FisherQueen (Talk) 19:15, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
    • If we really had to, we could check the archives of the places where they performed. Not difficult to do, but overly time consuming for what should be an uncontroversial statement. --badlydrawnjeff talk 19:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: For me, what will decide this is does this band have nontrivial coverage in multiple reliable sources? A listing saying that the band played a gig at a certain place and time is not "nontrivial" coverage. A couple sources already added to the article is a good start. I don't think we should base our decision off the early content of this article, but rather on the number and nature of sources available. If there are enough good sources on this, the article will improve over time. Also, I hate to crystal ball, but with an upcoming record, the amount of coverage this band is getting is only going to increase over time. Friday (talk) 20:13, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, never heard of them but they tour a lot, are reviewed a lot and play with other notable bands a lot. I added a link to an interview with the Montreal Mirror as a reference; I'm sure there's more references out there, I didn't really look hard. If kept should be moved to Bad Flirt. Recury 20:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I am new to editing/contributing to Wikipedia but am hoping to be able to add the necessary components to this article so that it may be considered acceptable. As far as I am concerned this is a notable band to the same extent that many other bands included on Wikipedia are notable. In the interest of improving Wikipedia and expanding it's depth and breadth, articles such as these should be kept and users should be encouraged to improve them. Iradub 20:27, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Oh dear. I much prefer to see some actual albums put out in conjunction with a label before giving a keep, but they have been fairly active on the road, and the Montreal Mirror article, as well as this one from Moncton give some multiple sources. Weak keep for the lack of albums (not EPs) and hope someone else turns up some more sources. Tony Fox (arf!) 21:32, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletions. -- SkierRMH 02:29, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - With all the references that have now been added, the national and international touring can be verified. There are multiple examples of nontrivial coverage from reliable sources (including the Montreal Mirror and the Village Voice) and surely more to come, as pointed out above by Friday. (Full disclosure - I know members of the band, which is what led me to this entry, but regardless of my connection to the band, they seem to meet the notability guidelines.) mattfogel 18:46, 24 January 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.