Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rattlin' Bog

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 Speedy delete as {{nn-band}}. Stifle (talk) 15:41, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rattlin' Bog

Non-notable band, no claim approaching WP:BAND. Nothing on amazon.com, google hits seem unrelated (a song by the same name). Deprodded without comment. Weregerbil 10:08, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete No claims for notability as per WP:Music - albums, singles, chart positions, notable members, tours.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  10:21, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable enough for an encyclopedia. Zaxem 10:33, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete; There's an impassioned (and out-of-place) preface to the article stating, if I may summarise, that Folk bands are unique in that their importance cannot be crudely determined by the standards wikipedia requires. Having played in 2 folk bands and with many folk musicians (none of whom are worthy of an article here, obviously including myself), it is my considered opinion that WP:MUSIC / WP:BAND applies to folk bands just as much as it applies to other forms of music. This notability hasn't been asserted or implied in the article, and Google returns me no hits related to the band that I can see. I certainly wouldn't question the impact the band may have on their dedicated audience, but that impact alone does not make any band worthy of a encyclopedia article. (I love the song of the same name, by the way.) Colonel Tom 11:27, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Colonel Tom. --Metropolitan90 13:35, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete; following Col. Tom's cogent comments, I'm a folkie myself. That being said, the concept of notability embodies notability to the world at large. A practitioner of an art form doesn't automatically become notable just because few people care about the art form. It's sad that more people will watch the next American Idol ep than have ever or will ever attend a folk concert, but them's the breaks. RGTraynor 14:52, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Non-notable. The tone of the article also smacks of vanity (or maybe just rabid fanboyism) IMO. -- stubblyhead | ^T/_c 16:17, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as a non-notable band. M1ss1ontomars2k4 23:42, 12 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.