Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Family Groove Company

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 keep.  RasputinAXP  c 20:32, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Family Groove Company

Doesn't appear to meet WP:MUSIC guidelines. No allmusic.com entry, no mention on rollingstone.com, no significant press, and their two albums appear to be self-released. Gamaliel 19:36, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. PJM 19:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per above. Nertz 00:27, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep. 37,000 google hits, albums available on Amazon, appear to have played 10,000 Lakes Festival and Summerfest. Stu ^{’Bout ye!} 18:37, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, ++Lar: t/c 02:47, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete All, including Both albums AdamBiswanger1 03:29, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. 37,000 google hits, albums available on Amazon, appear to have played 10,000 Lakes Festival and Summerfest. Sufficient notability in my opinion. Stu ^{’Bout ye!} 08:16, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

• Second vote.

• Keep. Don't see a problem with the content. David L Rattigan 16:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and also delete both albums They get a lot of Google hits, but only 258 of those hits are unique. The article asserts no notability aside from playing some festivals, but let's be honest- a lot of local bands play big festivals. There's no information on whether or not the band even has a record deal, and AllMusic has nothing on them. -- Kicking222 16:57, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and both albums too. Per nom and Kicking222. - Motor (talk) 23:22, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Per Kicking222. Conditional Keep. I have looked at the additional sources and undertaken some further research of the band, and I am changing my vote to a conditional keep. It is very close, but I am willing to believe that it is just notable enough and marginally manages to satisfy the conditions listed under WP:MUSIC. The condition is that the two albums Reachin' and The Charmer, are merged into this article. In conjunction with the band, it is sufficient to constitute an article. However, the albums themselves are not notable enough to justify seperate articles. If the author[s] insist on the albums having seperate articles, then my vote goes back to Delete.--Auger Martel 17:16, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep As stated, the band has played 10,000 Lakes Festival and Summerfest. They have also toured extensively throughout the U.S. which to me would satisfy "or a national concert tour in at least one large or medium-sized country,[1] reported in notable and verifiable sources." (from WP:MUSIC) which can be verified at their website. They will also have a song on the sampler disc with the June issue of Relix magazine. Dismas|^(talk) 01:43, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment
    • In relation to the following req. of WP:MUSIC, "Has gone on an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one large or medium-sized country,[1] reported in notable and verifiable sources." ... They've toured through 28 states and played, at last count, 424 shows as evidenced here: [1]. This information is also available on JamBase [2].
    • And as for being written up and reviewed by the press and web sites, there is their own Press Room page here which has excerpts from Jambands.com, Glide magazine, The Huntsville Times, The Quad City Times, and others.
    • Dismas|^(talk) 02:25, 20 June 2006 (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.