Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Headphones (band)

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. - Bobet 12:31, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Headphones (band)

Lacks and/or fails to document notability per WP:BAND Femto 10:38, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - Non notable, per WP:BAND. Afonso Silva 11:25, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with or redirect to Pedro the Lion for now, doesn't need its own article yet Having reviewed the links provided by badlydrawnjeff, I am changing my vote to Keep. I have added some of this to the article, which I now feel satisfies WP:MUSIC of itself.Ac@osr 22:25, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, don't merge, notable Pedro the Lion side project, will have completed an international tour in 2 weeks, after completing a national tour in February on the Undertow Orchestra tour. Also has multiple media mentions: [1] [2] [3] [4]. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 13:30, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect. Still, the page needs to be edited to document its notability, and I'm not quite convinced this content warrants its own encyclopedia article. Femto 15:17, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

    That's allegedly what we have WP:MUSIC for. Thus, the content warrants it. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 15:20, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

    So far there is little content, notable or not. Alternatively to a merge with Pedro the Lion, merge with Headphones (album) and let that redirect here; it's rather redundant and is only linked from here anyway. This might give the topic enough substance on its own. Femto 15:41, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

    Or, we can, you know, expand this article, given the amount of valuable information. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 15:47, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

    If the article is expanded to show that Headphones is an international touring act, I'll change to a keep. But someone will need to tell me how to do that fancy "crossing-out" thing with the text....Ac@osr 17:31, 20 May 2006 (UTC) (like this, see page code Femto)

    I can't. If you can expand, please do. Because also according to WP:MUSIC, there's no obligation that an empty framework must be kept - the information actually has to be in the article to make it notable. Femto 18:05, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

    I didn't because I was on the way out the door, and will be again. You're capable, I've provided 4 links that prove nobility via WP:MUSIC. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 21:49, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy Keep This indie rock band is very popular and has been heavily hyped in recent years. The members are all members of other well-known and respected indie rock bands. Amazinglarry 21:36, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, project involving two well-known musicians Lankiveil 23:48, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment, not that it seems like the article is in serious danger at this point, I've further expanded the article with the information above, including some things even I wasn't aware of at the time. The article is significantly different than what was nominated at the time, thanks to the work of Ac@sor in starting it up. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 23:53, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Okay, keep, this is fine of course. - You come across a disambiguation for a fairly recent band, whose article contains little more than a link to the track list of their only album, which then features a homepage link and a mention that a bonus track is released on iTunes. What are you supposed to assume about notability? Femto 12:25, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

  It couldn't hurt to do a google search. I found those links in 30 seconds, it takes much longer than that to do the 3 step AfD process. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 13:18, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

  There are some 15-20 nonnotable bands in the past 24 hours of the deletion log. No, not even 30 seconds—and it personally would've taken me much longer to find out. The burden of proof remains with the article, whose content should be distinguishable from a promotion even to those admittedly not hip to the jive. Femto 15:32, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

  I'm not sure why that's relevant. "Headphones + bazan" (both information you had when you AfD'd) brings up Pedro the Lion and the official website within the first three listings. Sure, the burden of proof remains in the article, but you didn't even try to improve the article, instead choosing to attempt to delete it. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 17:36, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Hmmm, I don't think Femto is hip to Headphones' jive. Thanks for the links, badlydrawnjeff. -- Mattbrundage 13:06, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep Pedro the Lion and Starflyer 59 are quite notable within indie circles. The Headphones has an allmusic.com entry, which is usually good enough for me. OhNoitsJamie^Talk 20:26, 22 May 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.