Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Vasco Era

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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. — CharlotteWebb 06:33, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Vasco Era

Band with only one full-length album (WP:MUSIC requires two), which either just came out the other day or else hasn't been released yet, depending on who you ask (album on AfD here). The article claims that the band won a competition, but the link provided as a ref for that claim only describes them as an entrant. The article goes on to describe the competition as "the largest band competition in the Southern Hemisphere", but it turns out that the quote was from one of the band members, not a third-party source. No nationwide tours of any nation are discussed. I don't see evidence that this band meets any of the criteria set forth at WP:BAND, thus my !vote here is delete. Heather 14:50, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Strong Keep While it is true that WP:MUSIC states that you need 2 album releases on a major record label to be notable, it also states this A musician or ensemble (note that this includes a band, singer, rapper, orchestra, hip hop crew, DJ, musical theatre group, etc.) is notable if it meets any one of the following criteria. Criteria #1 states that "It has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician/ensemble itself and reliable.". By looking at the article page for this band, it has 5 links to 5 different published articles. Because of this, they are NOTABLE and the article should stay. --sumnjim talk with me·changes 15:44, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. Those "sources" do nothing to establish notability, only existance; this band is not the subject of the first ref provided, but is only given a passing mention, and the final ref appears to be a blurb about the album on a music webshop. Heather 19:34, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep I think if the editors who have time to nominate these articles for deletion spent the same amount of time improving them, Wikipeida would be a perfect place. I cant say i really buy the "at least 2 albums quote" as Hinder and Wolfmother only have one album to their name, yet they have articles on Wikipedia. Wiki ian 21:52, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
    • See WP:MUSIC criterion #2: "Has had a charted hit on any national music chart." Hinder and Wolfmother have both achieved that. --Metropolitan90 03:20, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
      • The Vacoo Era song "Kingswood" was on the charts, why is this page being nominated for deletion again? Wiki ian 02:36, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as per WP:MUSIC. This band has received independent coverage such as [1] and [2]. Google News Archives shows over 200 results for this band. Won a National Campus Bands Competition won by a number of notable Australian bands (Eskimo Joe, Jebediah, the Vines, George, Waikiki and 78 Saab). Has tracks on rotation on national radio and video played on national television. [3]. Capitalistroadster 04:17, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Capitalistroadster 04:17, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as per Capitalistroadster. A prominent band within Australia.--cj | talk 04:30, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep band appears sufficiently notable. Triple J coverage and promotion, media appearances on major publications and shows, and a major-label release all qualify under WP:MUSIC Orderinchaos 05:19, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Firstly, WP:MUSIC is a guideline which does not override the primary notability criterion, which this band meets (see the articles). Secondly, the guideline states "any one of" the listed criteria may be acceptable, not all of them - and the band meets several of them quite easily - they are not "required" to have two albums. --Canley 05:25, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Seems to pass WP:MUSIC. —Moondyne 10:54, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Absolutely meets WP:MUSIC. Closenplay 17:46, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as per all above. Lankiveil 03:56, 12 May 2007 (UTC).
  • Keep per Orderinchaos: national coverage from Triple J.[4],[5],[6],[7][8] ,[9], [10] and Richard "The King" Kingsmill has their current album on his short list. [11]. John Vandenberg 07:03, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep An award-winning band with multiple recordings. WWGB 05:24, 13 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.