Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gargamel! (band)

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The result of the debate was Speedy keep per nominator's withdrawal and other comments.. --Hetar 06:07, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gargamel! (band)

Non-notable band. Probably a vanity article. Google has hits but mostly from blogs & their own site. Change to Keep after article proves its notability & adds citations Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 17:02, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

• Delete As nominator. As above --Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 17:02, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep A Google search is not a fair indicator because the character from the Smurfs has thousands of links. This causes links from the band to appear less prominently than they would if the band had a less ambiguous name. The criteria for notability is ambiguous; the band is well-known in Florida, but perhaps not established in other regions. I have added a couple of links to articles about the band, both from established Orlando newspapers. A brief entry seems commensurate with this band's modest level of notoriety. Upon reflection, I have removed the line about the lead singer's "stage presence" to keeps things more NPOV.(Disclosure: I contributed the article. I am not actually in the band nor friends with any of the band members.) Mister Tog 02:31, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
• I'm going to vote keep on this. Not only did the Orlando newspaper link in the article sway me, but their website claims they were voted best metal band in the Orlando Weekly reader's poll. Media mentions fit WP:MUSIC. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 02:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep It would have been nice had the article had sources to show notability before now. Hopefully more will be added soon. Darquis 03:39, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
• I added a link to a 1999 article about the Orlando Music Awards, where the band won the "Hard Rock" category. The band also received a positive review in a 2002 edition of Metal Edge magazine. However, the Metal Edge website does not include online content going back that far. A scan of the review is available here (Metal Edge Review) but I assume that posting an image of a copyrighted article would violate one rule or another.Mister Tog 04:47, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
  • You can cite it, however. Kalkin 14:07, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, sufficiently cited now; marginally notable regional band. Kuru ^talk 15:35, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, meets WP:MUSIC criteria. --Terence Ong 15:47, 30 April 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.