Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The David (rock group)

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 --Durin 16:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The David (rock group)

The David (rock group) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Fails WP:MUSIC - crz crztalk 00:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per the nom of my Russian friend. "The David released only one album, the obscure 1967 Another Day, Another Lifetime." Yeah, one obscure album, no notable members, no record label listed... no notability. -- Kicking222 01:25, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Kicking222 has hit the nail on the head. MER-C 01:54, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, passes WP:MUSIC. Kappa 04:04, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Uh, how? --Wafulz 05:41, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Multiple independent coverage. Kappa 05:42, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Not exactly- we have one guy who writes reviews for obscure albums and bands (ie ones that most people ignore) and a Spanish link which is the same thing, but translated. --Wafulz 05:49, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm if this Spanish thing is a translation, where did the word "magistral" come from? Kappa 11:26, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but you're really reaching if you think having a few extra words here and there doesn't make it a translation. Have you actually read the Spanish article? It has the exact same content. --Wafulz 15:32, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I guess you are right and I'm clutching at straws here. A few extra words like this "Plasmatra" thing Hansen used and the band members' names must have just popped up during the translation process. Kappa 09:00, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete -- this article doesn't assert a single thing about the band that passes WP:MUSIC. Darkspots 05:40, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Does too. Kappa 05:41, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
    • I'M GONNA TELL THE TEACHER ON YOU!! - crz crztalk 05:46, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Does not! Wait, I mean delete. Exceedingly non-notable. Opabinia regalis 05:53, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. No hits or singles, one album in the mid 60s, and a brief description by one author who writes extensively about the topic. It doesn't have enough sources to justify an article. --Wafulz 05:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Bigtop 07:00, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Kappa. Also, the band does have an AllMusic listing [1] (despite the article deceptively listing an answers.com link as an AllMusic bio) and this article states the band has had recent recognition due to being included on several compilations (such as the "Nuggets" cds), and the band seems to be somewhat notable for its use of the "invented" instrument, the "plasmatar."

The "plasmatar", after a short search turned up 54 ghits, apparently was used once, to make this album. If the group and the album isn't notable, neither is the plasmatar they invented.--Darkspots 18:56, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Comment I didn't mean to infer that the "plasmatar" itself is notable, I was just inferring that the group may be encyclopedic for its use of such an instrument (among the other reasons). Wavy G 07:06, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

• Strong delete One non-notable album does not a WP:MUSIC pass make. ¿ςפקιДИτς! ☺ ☻ 22:19, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. The All Music Guide biography establishes that they are notable enough for mine. Capitalistroadster 01:51, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Kappa. --badlydrawnjeff talk 11:55, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• keep per Kappa, plus I've a strong interest in psychedelic music of the 1960s (not just the more pop-like stuff that remains in play on classic rock and oldies stations). This is a good example of a group that was thought to have a lot of promise, yet faded after the first effort. No useful purpose served by deleting this. Unfocused 21:40, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Notable in the psychedelic music world. Heck, even Antonio Vivaldi's work was obscure and unknown until the 1930's, but that doesn't mean he wasn't notable. --Oakshade 21:47, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete The AMG article lends some credence, but WP:MUSIC serves the purpose of keeping oodles of non-notable band articles out of Wikipedia and this band doesn't come close to meeting its criteria. -Big Smooth 19:05, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Does too... Kappa 03:40, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Does not. The All Music Guide articles describes their one album as "totally obscure" and notes that it was released by "an organization formed by their manager." Although the idea of a harder-rocking Left Banke does sound interesting. But we have to to keep the 'pedia from being overrun by obscure garage bands, lest we be destroyed in the Great Fire that awaits all mortals. Herostratus 05:34, 10 November 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.