Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darkbuster

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 and cleanup. —Ocatecir ^Talk 21:20, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Darkbuster

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Fails WP:BAND. A few releases over the years, but ultimately not a prominent band. -- Y not? 01:17, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - A number of relevant ghits, but mostly "trivial coverage." Seems to be a band of only local interest and limited touring. Highly unlikely to provide reliable sources, thus OR. Feeeshboy 04:15, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Their press kit [1], while not really reflected in the article, shows quotes from both the Boston Globe and Boston Phoenix. The Phoenix has given them a cover [2]--and it's a widely read arts paper in a major city. There are other quotes that appear to be from feature stories written about the band, in various other arts newspapers around the Northeast. They satisfy the multiple, independent sources requirement of WP:MUSIC. Darkspots 11:45, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Delete: The various quotes are either unsourced or represent trivial mentions. The Phoenix article is significant, but it's the only such source, and while the Phoenix is Boston's leading alternative weekly, a single source isn't enough to support WP:V. Should other significant articles appear, my vote would change.Keep per new evidence supplied by Darkspots.  RGTraynor  13:32, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. Okay, how about the Boston Globe feature story? It's from 2000: [3]. The Globe's website verifies that the story exists, but I don't want to pay the three bucks to get it there, so I accept the band website's scanned copy of this feature piece. I don't understand the need to delete this article--punk bands are not very organized people as a rule, but these guys have been around for a long time, played a lot of shows, and had a lot of things written about them. Much of it is trivial coverage, but I would argue that enough of it is substantial to demonstrate notability. Darkspots 17:42, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

P.S. Despite the similarity in our names, I have no relation through either blood or marriage to the band. Darkspots 17:46, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

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