Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Night Stalker

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. Mindmatrix 20:06, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Night Stalker

Delete Non-notable band Spearhead 20:05, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, no indicia of encyclopedic notability; nothing on Allmusic.com. After deleting, redirect the link to Nightstalker, which is a disambig page. BD2412 T 20:14, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Note: if this is deleted, then the articles on individual band members, Spike McKay, Rick Pepper, Joe Bailey, Mike Cummings, Keith Barr, and Jim Lundell, should go as well. All are currently nominated as speedies. BD2412 T 20:25, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Some of those speedy tags have been removed. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:21, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

• No vote as I'm not familiar with the subject matter. If deleted, however, should be changed to a redirect to Kolchak: The Night Stalker. 23skidoo 21:18, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete There is a heavy metal band Night Stalker with a couple of reviews in the heavy metal press. This isn't them. Could not find notable mentions of any musician, the former band, or their CDs any place that would count as notable and verifiable. If there are sources I'm more than willing to keep, but this link should be a disambiguation page and should point to the most likely use of the name first. Stirling Newberry 23:45, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep This band is huge in Boston and has been reviewed in several publications. They have also opened for several national acts. nsfan67 22:36, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Which publications? Which acts? Stirling Newberry 03:48, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

They have opened for the national acts Mass, Believer, and Visional. Fluttr Effect (formerly Fluttr), These Green Eyes, and Crash Midnight are all national acts who have opened for them. They have been photographed for the Daily Free Press and the Mad Dog has been featured in the Boston Globe. nsfan67 11:44, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete based on Wikipedia:Notability_and_Music_Guidelines for a musical ensemble:
  • Non-notabilities:
    • No nationally charted hit.
    • No gold record.
    • No international concert.
    • No albums on a major label.
    • No feature article about the band in a major music media (photographed for a free student newspaper)
    • Does not contain a member who was part of an extremely notable band (member "Mad Dog" was featured in the Boston Globe but is not part of a notable band)
    • Not a prominent representative of a notable style
    • Has not won a major music award or major competition.
    • Has not performed music for a notable program or media.
    • Has not received airplay by a major radio network.
    • Has not been the subject of a broadcast on a national radio network.
  • Minor notabilities:
    • Allegedly an attraction of the Boston bar scene.
    • Has opened for, and been opened by, various acts (none of which have their own main articles here).

Shawnc 20:35, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, per Shawnc's excellent analysis. Stifle 22:26, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete and then move the Nightstalker disambiguation page to this name. -Sean Curtin 07:29, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete this and all the stubby biographies of people who are not notable outside the band. Thanks for doing the hard work, Shawnc. —HorsePunchKid→龜 2005-12-10 08:35:56Z

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