Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution

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The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splash 20:21, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution

No allmusic.com entry. Does not seem to meet WP:MUSIC guidelines. Gamaliel 03:24, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

• Keep It meets point 5 of the guidelines. Ian Moody 11:16, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete: You have to meet all of them. Suspiciously like logrolling and boosting of a particular musician and every project he was ever in. Let's confine ourselves to bands that have verifiability in the form of a distributed record (not one sold at the gig by the drummer's girlfriend). Besides, what good comes of advertising on Wikipedia? Geogre 13:22, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

"A musician or ensemble (note that this includes a band, singer, rapper, orchestra, hip hop crew, dj etc) is notable if it meets any one of the following criteria:"

What guidelines are you reading? In addition, their CD was distributed—and not just in America. They have also never played a gig so your senario is meaningless. Ian Moody 16:51, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

I would say that the CD wasn't mass released, strictly speaking, but I would say it would qualify as being influentiaal to third-wave ska in general, as well as being the side project for members of SM/C22MPerdomo 21:38, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

• Keep Bandits of The Acoustic Revolution doesn't exactly fit under the guidelines, but that is because it is a unique concept band, and IMO, the rules weren't able to fortell some mussical project like this. In addition, BOTAR is pretty much the "link" between Catch 22 and Streetlight Manifesto, and I feel it is an essential part of the stories of both the bands. BOTAR shares people and music with Catch 22 and Streetlight Manifesto, and they did release a record, even if it wasnt a mass distributed one (they hand made every copy, which prevents that sort of release). They can't tour because the people in the band are all over the world, and there are a lot of people in the band. I feel they deserve a mention because of the influence on Catch 22/Streetlight manifesto, and for that matter, third-wave ska as a genre.MPerdomo 14:28, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep I quote, rule number 5. "Contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise extremely notable." Streetlight Manifesto is pretty notable in the case of ska, so I'd say BOTAR is fair to keep. Also, if there is a page on Gimp, then why not BOTAR?Psynpase 19:52, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as per Ian Moody and Mperdomo. Meelar (talk) 17:32, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as this group is sufficiently notable. Punkmorten 19:57, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. As per Geogre. / Peter ^Isotalo 22:43, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep under WP:Music. You only have to meet one criterion. Otherwise, we would have to do a lot of deleting as a lot of notable acts wouldn't meet all of the criteria. Capitalistroadster 00:40, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
  • If they don't meet the (very generous) criteria, they're obviously not notable. They're kept because they're notable, not notable because they're kept. / Peter ^Isotalo 08:55, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable under category 5. Tomas Kalnoky is/was a member of Catch 22 AND Streetlight Manifesto, both extremely well known bands within their particular genre. -HX 02:03, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

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