Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stripey Zebras

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 keep. Mangojuice^talk 14:42, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stripey Zebras

Does not meet WP:MUSIC -Nv8200p talk 03:18, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

• DELETE This appears to be nothing more than a memorial to a deceased friend. Neither the band nor the deceased lead singer qualify to be included in an encyclopedia. May he rest in peace. OfficeGirl 05:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Borderline, but the one link suggests that there was a sufficient amount of music media coverage for their time. The Google test is less useful for 80s era bands. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 05:43, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I agree its harder to judge with news articles or google, since by definition the subject matter is no longer current. It appears though that Stripey Zebras was important at the time. Alpharigel 19:58, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete far from meeting WP:MUSIC, and delete Autumn Poison too. ~ trialsanderrors 21:02, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I was a member of Stripey Zebras but didn't create the article (so its certainly not vanity on my part). It was some anonymous contributor, I have no idea who, presumably an old fan, so somebody obviously thought us notable or interesting enough for inclusion in wikipedia. I have however edited the article, mainly cleaning it up gramatically and adding a photo from my own collection. I've also had people get in contact with me who remmeber the Stripey Zebras who I hadn't heard from in over 20 years becaiuse of this article who remember us fondly. My personal take is that although we never sold loads of records, we were an important part of the cassette culture scene and had quite a cult following at the time. We were part of a pre-internet era (early 80s) that would otherwise be undocumented apart from dusty fanzines in peoples attics, and otherwise forgotten. Isn't (part of, at least) the point of wikipedia to keep such history alive and accessable? Besides one can read about 'notable' bands like U2 or Queen anywhere... quercus robur 21:10, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Really, no, although I just noticed that The Deep Freeze Mice got an article (so far uncontested), so there is still hope. You should probably dig out those old copies Sounds and Smash Hits and transcribe the articles on SZ and AP. I don't really care about WP:MUSIC as long as the article is sourced. And R.I.P. to Bwithh's crab. ~ trialsanderrors 21:47, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Thats the sort of thing I like to see on wikipedia (Deep Freeze Mice)! As for Sounds and Smash Hits, we did feature in a minor role in both of these publications (in the latter a 'chart of crap band names' I think...), but we were far more featured in various fanzines of the time. I agree that it would be nice to cite sources, but unfortunately I cleared out my rather vast collection of fanzines when 'decluttering' a few years back... Most of them ended up at Dial House so maybe next time I'm there I could have a dig through and find a few references??? quercus robur 00:00, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Reminiscence Ah... Southend-on-Sea... I have so many icky icky memories of the "water" and the "beach". The crab we brought back to live as a pet in our London garden was very much doomed. Sorry, crab. Though you were probably doomed anyway. Bwithh 21:16, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep based on comment above, although I can't judge notability. A couple other articles link to this one, though, so it's probably worth keeping. -Amatulic 21:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Delete Keep nothing in AMG, but the reference to cassette culture is intriguing. If the assertion that they were "important in cassette culture" can be verified in any way, I would consider switching to keep. Ok, I'm willing to be swayed. I'd still prefer better documentation, but I'm willing to give people more time to track some down. Xtifr _tälk 22:01, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Week Keep On the border too. Early punk history is difficult to pin (there wasn't alot of scholarly documentation done of this genre at the time). There seems just enough historic evidence of notoriety. And as this band doesn't exist anymore, it's not another band publicity attempt. --Marriedtofilm 05:25, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per above. --badlydrawnjeff talk 12:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per above. This movement is under represented on Wikipedia anyway. Cassette culture, so much more exciting than file sharing! - Coil00 20:05, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Arbusto 21:29, 22 October 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.