Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Girl Mercury

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 Delete. Enochlau 00:34, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Girl Mercury, Doug Parmenter, Joe Fuller

Non-notable band and its members. No meaningful Google results, no AllMusic page, and the article says the band split up after its first gig. — Haeleth Talk 14:23, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. PJM 14:25, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - obviously a bored teen's joke. - DavidWBrooks 14:34, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as non-notable, also, cant this be speedily deleted (nn-bio) if there is no attempt at explaining notability? Remy B 14:41, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Do Not Delete The band were a well-known "fad" in the local area, and the members still have a great deal of influence on the local music scene. User:BillBones
  • Comment As the author, you need the article to establish that the band is notable, and have sources to back it up. That is the minimum grade an article is required to be considered encyclopedic. Currently we dont even know where the "local area" is (at least, from the Girl Mercury article). Remy B 15:02, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment Have established notability of band, clarified the local area, however no online sources. User:BillBones
    • Comment I dont agree that you have established the notability of the band. The general guide for a band being considered notable is found at WP:MUSIC. I cant see how Girl Mercury meets those standards, although if you believe the band has, you need to establish that in article with some form of reference. Remy B 15:22, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment Band member is mentioned on page of the band Stereophonics for appearing alongside them. Does this count as influencing? Also meets criterion number 7 in becoming prominent members of a local scene. User:BillBones
      • Comment That article only mentions Doug Parmenter because you just put it in there! We need independant confirmation that this band is notable. You cant just edit another article and use that as a source. Remy B 15:53, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
      • Comment Anyone who does not sign comments or votes with a signature will not be recognized. Just a comment. RabidMonkeysEatGrass 15:31, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete all three per nom. rodii 15:59, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Do Not Delete Prominent members of the Reading music scene, have seen them (and enjoyed their music) several times myself. Have supported local band The Cooper Temple Clause. Bass guitarist Doug Parmenter been semi-successful for several years, appearing onstage with the Stereophonics at Reading's Rivermead Centre. —preceding unsigned comment by 195.194.74.215 (talk • contribs) 6 December 2005
• Speedy delete, lol. I enjoy a joke, and I am certain this contributor, who gave us Wikiwhack, is pulling Wikipedia's leg. --RobertG ♬ talk 15:33, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
• Comment, Girl Mercury were well-known in the local music scene and the two chief members remain influential. Wikiwhacking is a game played by students in a local college —preceding unsigned comment by Billbones (talk • contribs) 6 December 2005
  • Comment User:Billbones, in case you are not aware, you can sign your comments with 4 tilde's (~~~~) and it will save it as your username, with a timestamp (as you see with most other sign offs here). As per your comment, you need to establish notability in the article, not here in the AfD discussion, and to the level described in WP:MUSIC. If you can do that then people might change their votes. Remy B 02:43, 7 December 2005 (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.