Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Basket of Death

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. — JIP | Talk 16:01, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Basket of Death

Deeply obscure band, no real assertion of meeting WP:MUSIC. Punkmorten 10:42, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

• Weak Keep Punkmorten, for once I have to agree with you! Normally I prefer Wikipedia be more inclusive than exclusive, but there's way too much "supposedly" and "maybe" and "some people say" vague talk here. I may try to do some more research on them to try to fix up the article (even though their website is totally gross) but as it stands today, it might as well not exist. Having said that, though, you know I have to point out, as usual, that WP:MUSIC is not the end-all be-all yardstick by which all music entries must pass. From the music notability guide: These are simply guidelines "which many editors agree with in principle. However, it is not policy." And most importantly, it clearly states: "Please note that the failure to meet any of these criteria does not mean an article must be deleted". wikipediatrix 18:10, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • WP:MUSIC represents the views of a substantial proportion of Wikipedians-who-care-about-music. Failing the notability guidelines therein doesn't mean that an article must be deleted, but it is a powerful argument in favour of doing so. What, in your view, is the reason why we have gone to the trouble of thrashing out music notability guidelines, if they cannot be applied in deletion discussions? fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 18:29, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
    • *smile*....It's getting to be a bit like quoting the Bible now... if you can invoke phrases in the guidelines to point out why you think the article should be deleted, I can also invoke phrases in those same guidelines that point out why the article doesn't necessarily HAVE to be deleted. What was once a mere guideline for some has now seemingly petrified into an unbreakable rule for all. I believe WP:MUSIC does NOT represent the views of as many Wikipedians as you think. It certainly doesn't represent mine. I think most people simply go along with it in a hive-mind mentality because it's already there, and don't bother to challenge it. I'm not sure I'm going to challenge it much either, because I'm still internally debating Wikipedia's usefulness for myself anyway. wikipediatrix 19:10, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • WP:MUSIC may not represent your views and failing it may not neccesarily mean an article should be deleted, but only if someone can provide an argument it should be kept. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:05, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom. Bwithh 00:26, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Redwolf24 (talk) Attention Washingtonians! 03:36, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per Punk. When even wikipediatrix goes to a weak keep, it's time to play whack-a-mole. ;)  RasputinAXP  _{talk contribs} 13:53, 27 November 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.