Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rest Among Ruins

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 speedy delete. Textbook A7. – Steel 20:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rest Among Ruins

This article was thrice deleted under WP:CSD#A7. After a discussion with the article's author, I decided to send this article to WP:AFD. From my research using Google, I did not find evidence that the band meets WP:MUSIC. The only criterion it might possibly meet is the first one. According to the article, the band was featured in a review by the local Sen Baltimore magazine, whose purpose is to document new and upcoming bands in the Baltimore area. The other source is from the newspaper of Towson University, which two of the band members attended. According to WP:MUSIC, the source can be considered trivial, but be judged upon on a case-by-case basis. After looking at [1], I think the main focus of the article is Jeff Sanders' deployment to Qatar. He is a student at Towson, and the article mostly describes his experiences trying to work with his band, while being stationed overseas. Nishkid64 (talk) 21:36, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

If this article does meet one criterion than it should not be deleted. Wikipedia is supposed to be a informational site. How is anyone to be informed if you can't get a single article up here. Also, this band plays their hearts out several times a month at venues all over the Baltimore area. Lighten Up! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Awater3 (talk • contribs)

Policy states the band must be featured in "multiple non-trivial published works". I'm contesting one, if not both of these sources, which would mean the article doesn't meet WP:MUSIC. Also, please sign your comments. Nishkid64 (talk) 21:49, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Get a life dude. Use your free time to workout. Not edit wikipedia all day. Awater3 22:07, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, no evidence from multiple, non-trivial WP:RS that the band meets notability criteria set forth at WP:MUSIC. No albums, no tours; only references to the band are Myspace and a couple of local-interest sources which feature these types of "your local band" stories ad nauseum. I hate to generalize, but "unsigned" and "new and upcoming" seem to imply "non-notable" in 99.9% of band articles which use those phrases. For all intents and purposes, the original CSD A7 seems appropriate, but might as well let process take its course if preferred. (Note: as a matter of housekeeping, the deletion review in today's log should be closed for this article.) --Kinu ^t/_c 22:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy delete Valid A7, unsigned garage band. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 23:19, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy delete, no assertion of anything resembling notability. Wikipedia is not a compilation of slow news day filler stories. —Cryptic 07:20, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy delete, Unsigned band? --Work permit 03:13, 6 May 2007 (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.