Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Secrets (band)

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The result was merge and redirect. Singularity 06:48, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Secrets (band)

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The article has no body text and no information about the band can be located online to expand the article. The article has been tagged since the beginning of 2007 to be referenced and expanded, however it has not been edited since February and do not believe it can be expanded much beyond its present content. –Dream out loud (talk) 04:54, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Speedy delete. Nothing at all to assert notability. Realkyhick 04:59, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

• Speedy - A7; doesn't even claim to meet WP:BAND. — Coren ^(talk) 05:10, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete Fails WP:N strongly. I also find it someone amusing that apparently the band includes a member who died in 1762, but played congas in a band with someone born in 1964. Possible hoax, or sloppy linking. --bfigura ^(talk) 05:19, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

  I'd give the benefit of the doubt to sloppy linking. I doubt it's a hoax: google can find some references to the band's existence, but blogs and trivial mentions only. — Coren ^(talk) 05:22, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

  I concur. I'm just amused by the results of the link-ing. bfigura ^(talk) 05:31, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

  I know it is definitely not a hoax because as a Dave Matthews Band fan, I can tell you that Dave Matthews, himself, and a lot of his other collaborators started out in this band, but I just don't think the article is notable, especially since not too much info about the band is known. –Dream out loud (talk) 05:35, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

• Keep Merge into Dave Matthews Band. Passes WP:Music#Criteria for musicians and ensembles 6. "Contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise notable". Expanded lead to indicate notability and provided sources. dissolve^talk 06:18, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

  That bit then goes on to say "note that it is often most appropriate to use redirects in place of articles on side projects, early bands and such". Especially since we have a problem with verifiability (beyond Dave Matthews's participation), I don't think that is quite enough to keep an article— perhaps merge into Dave Matthews and change to an appropriate redirect? — Coren ^(talk) 15:36, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

• The article is only a stub, but it seems to be a good candidate for a merge under WP:MERGE#Merging 3. "short and is unlikely to be expanded" and possibly 4. "requires the background material or context from a broader article" dissolve^talk 16:09, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

• Merge into one sentence in the history of the Dave Matthews Band article and redirect.-h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 15:57, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
• Merge per standing merge rationale. dr.ef.tymac 01:11, 20 August 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.