Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Get the Led Out

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The result was delete. Wizardman 21:22, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Get the Led Out

Get the Led Out (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Obscure Led Zeppelin cover band. Fails every test of WP:MUSIC as far as I can see. —Chowbok ☠ 02:34, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Comment - the ghits are surprisingly sparse. -Seidenstud (talk) 07:10, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Madman (talk) 14:31, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep - doesn't fail WP:MUSIC as per examples such as this Times News independent review of band selling out 1800 seat capacity venue five times concurrently. Band's ghit is number one out of 19.2 million hits. Factminer —Preceding comment was added at 21:43, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
    • I don't think a single review makes it notable. Also, I'm not really sure what the fact that Get the Led Out's web site is the first hit for a search on "Get the Led Out" proves.—Chowbok ☠ 04:48, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
    • Also, the band's website having the first ghit means very little. What would mean something would be if any of the results being a third-party mention of the band. -Seidenstud (talk) 05:33, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
    • Try this [ghit] band headlines major national venues and is sold next to Avril Lavigne, Jeff Beck, etc. via LiveNation, Ticketmaster and numerous third party agencies. They are listed on Celebrity Access, Pollstar, and included in major national promotional campaigns on major market FM broadcasts, broadcast tv, and targeted print ads and mass emailings from major concert promoters alongside of legendary performers . Multiple reviews are available but many have been archived. The bands website lists multiple third party reviews.

Their success is not predicated on any type of wikipedia page therefore including them in wikipedia does service to wikipedia only. Deleting the page will only serve to harm the wikipedia community by censoring one of the largest and most successful Led Zeppelin acts available to public audiences. Factminer•12:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

    • See also - [BRE] Sold as "The American Led Zeppelin" by the same concert promoter on the same page as Robert Plant, the original vocalist of Led Zeppelin. All acts listed including Get The Led Out appear to be of major status. Factminer
  • Delete - Then let's go through the criteria of WP:MUSIC and see if it meets any of them:
      1. 1 - We have so far seen only one [1] non-trivial work. The ticket listing sites are trivial as defined in WP:MUSIC #1.
      2. 2 - So far, no assertions have been made that the band has charted.
      3. 3 - So far, no assertions have been made that a record has gone "certified gold"
      4. 4 - We have seen no mention of an international concert tour.
      5. 5 - Has not released any albums on a major or important indie label.
      6. 6 - Does not include ex-members of notable bands (as far as I can tell, "Hit the Ground Running" is not notable.
      7. 7 - So far, no assertions have been made that the band is the more prominent than any of the many other[2] Led Zep cover bands.
      8. 8 - no major award nominations.
      9. 9 - no music competition victories.
      10. 10 - no performances for notable works of media.
      11. 11 - no national rotation in major radio network.
      12. 12 - the band has not been the subject of a national broadcast.
Then, add to that that the band has major verifiability issues, as we have still seen only one non-trivial 3rd party work.
Is there something that's been overlooked? -Seidenstud (talk) 15:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


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