Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cavalier Marching Band

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 Speedy keep, bad faith nom as stated by User:Otto4711. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps)))} 22:58, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cavalier_Marching_Band

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Does not meet any criteria WP:MUSIC#Criteria_for_musicians_and_ensembles Bassgoonist 19:57, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

• Keep Makes assertions of notablity including being the youngest Division I-A college marching band. I also note that WP:MUSIC is a set of guidelines and not policy. While the article needs work, the subject is clearly notable in my opinion. I note that this is the 3rd time you have nominated this article for deletion today and the 2nd marching band you have nominated via AfD today. -- Upholder 20:04, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep per Upholder. Wildthing61476 20:12, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Coverage in sources such as the Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star [1], Washington Post [2], and Roanoke Times [3] bolsters notability under criterion 1, as well as extensive coverage from the UVa school paper, the Cavalier Daily [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. The band has also performed with Al Cheznovitz and The Temptations (incidentally, I think these might need to be mentioned in the article). Mr Bound 20:15, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. I will repeat what I said at the related AfD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band: The fact that the sourcing in the article is a bit short does not mean that there is no notability. I would suggest to the nominator doing a quick, easy Google search to improve the sources rather than saying to hell with it and requesting the deletion of articles that don't come out of the box in perfect shape. Wikipedia is a work in progress, and this attempt at pruning notable organizations whose articles do not meet his or her quality standards is misguided at best. --Dynaflow babble 22:26, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Just because it's a marching band does not mean it's not notable. What's next, drum corps noms? Kwsn^(Ni!) 22:41, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per Mr. Bound. Edison 22:47, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy keep, speedy close, suggest blocking the nominator - this is a bad faith nomination made in furtherance of a point because the nominator is upset that a marching band article he wants on Wikipedia got deleted. Note in the deletion review the comment If you are to delete this article, you may as well go and delete all articles from any band in any college. This nomination is a deliberate disruption of Wikipedia and the nominator should be sanctioned for it. Otto4711 22:51, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

• Comment - I am editing this following closure because I misattributed the above quote and it's important that be noted at the site of the attribution. I stand by my belief that this is bad faith and point but the nominator didn't post the quote in question. My apologies for the error. Otto4711 00:45, 22 June 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.