Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Level Seven (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 was delete. - Mailer Diablo 22:33, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Level Seven (band)

Fail WP:MUSIC by all counts, contested speedy. No vote here! Teke ^(talk) 05:15, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, nothing obviously related on Google. --Dhartung | Talk 08:58, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Non-notable, not every garage band can be here. Resorb 20:30, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Not a speedy because of discography section. MER-C 10:19, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, impassioned plea below not withstanding, fails WP:BAND with nothing at all music and the webpage < top 100,000 at Alexa. :) Dlohcierekim 23:17, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Great - so the article doesn't coincide with the rules of notability on Wikipedia. But that doesn't mean the article does not belong - perhaps the rules themselves need to be revised. This is supposed to be an online (so therefore diverse) encyclopedia. If someone has heard of Level Seven and wishes to look them up on Wikipedia (which is reasonable), then why restrict them from doing so? Does it really matter if admins from America or even the UK haven't heard of this band? Is this article harming Wikipedia in any way? No! If anything, it is adding to the already sterling content on this online encyclopedia.
A band is a band. The Beatles were a band. The guy you know down the street who jams with his mates - he's in a band. It is an entity, regardless of fame or notoriety, and as an entity it at least deserves recognition on Wikipedia. Fine, so some people may not check this page as much as they would a more famous band, but some may want to - and because this is a free encyclopedia (in both financial and personal manners), people should be free to read whatever they wish. And if that includes this band, so be it. If it does not - again, so be it.
I understand that, according to the codified rules of Wikipedia, this band should not have a site. But I'm not arguing with you over those grounds; that's silly and fruitless. I'm requesting that as a member of a free nation and a user of a free encyclopedia, this band be given recognition on the unlimited size of the Internet.
Why, other than its contradiction to the 'rules', delete this page?

Truly, what harm is it doing?
--Naylor182 21:49, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks for responding, Naylor. Following the rules is what keeps the encyclopedia an encyclopedia; it's why policies and guidelines exist. There are ~3,000 articles created every day and the cost is in server space. Wikipedia does not live on the internet, it is in St. Petersburg, Florida and a few other hosting sites. There are literaly hundreds of thousands of bands that have not met the criteria for MUSIC and that is the reason for the policy. If someone searches for Level Seven on Google, they can get the band's website. If/when the band is successful, the article can be recreated with no qualms. You said "Does it really matter if admins from America or even the UK haven't heard of this band? Is this article harming Wikipedia in any way?", and I'm assuming that is mentioned because I made the nomination. Please note that I removed the speedy deletion tag from the article and moved it to this forum to get the community opinion and it is a move I have made as an editor many times. Teke ^(talk) 04:30, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Being honest, it was nothing to do with you, moreover the member who first put the 'speedy deletion' tag on the page. And I respect your move, but I still stand by everything I wrote above. If information (because that is what it is) doesn't belong in an encyclopedia because of some rule, surely that says more about the rule than the article. --Naylor182 15:41, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
• Naylor182 - Please stop trying to associate Level Seven with your band. I have reverted your edit - for the second time, again. Please do not re-edit the page. Resorb 20:30, 17 September 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.