Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Title (band)

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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 Delete efforts to establish notability by one editor are appreciated, but notability is not communicable. No valid arguments for this band's direct notability were made. JERRY talk contribs 12:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

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Doesn't appear to be notable (WP:MUSIC) or verifiable (WP:V/WP:RS). See discussion on article's talk page. kingboyk (talk) 20:15, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Strong Keep. I randomly came across the page after it had been tagged as a hoax. I'm not really big on the synthpop scene, but I've determined that since Hugo Bugg is certainly a prime example of the genre in Toronto, and Title is his "official" band, it counts as notable. Indeed, their last full album, Moonfly, was produced by John Punter. If they're notable enough to be able to acquire talent like that, they ought to be notable enough for Wikipedia. (Moonfly is on page 6 of that list of albums produced by John Punter, if you are having a hard time finding it.) It was claimed that he has been nominated for a Juno award. A cursory search did not find the nomination, but I do not know Hugo Bugg's given name, so I did not search that. I also have not checked to see if any of the songs charted anywhere. I have included a pair of "maybe" reliable sources on the page, which mention the band. Between these, it appears that the chances are high that the band meets at least one of WP:MUSIC's criteria. As I mentioned on the talk page, what the article really needs at this point is for someone familiar with the genre (or is at least familiar with Toronto's local artists...) to edit it and link to appropriate sources. I've found many, many, many less-than-reliable sources in at least 5 languages. So, at this stage, deletion is highly premature. Especially since the reliable sources needed for this article are likely to be print. And there's evidence that he toured Canada on a "semi-official" tour of some sort in the 1997 timeframe. That's about all I have to say about this at the moment, I suppose. I guess my New Year's Eve is going to be spent researching an artist who I liked enough to purchase his CD, but not enough to remember even when I bought it... Maybe it's time to find my hard disk from that time frame and see if I retained any relevant data which could point me in the right direction... -- Lewellyn talk 21:24, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Also, I forgot to note that I've linked the band to having to do somehow with Men Without Hats... Still looking for WP:V on that. Considering that I'm not from/in the Toronto area, and that most smaller reputable sources weren't "online" a decade ago, this may prove to be a challenge. -- Lewellyn talk 21:31, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
    • OK. I've found quite a few sources which would fail WP:RS, but they all tend to agree with one another and indicate that there's coverage (in print) in at least one local paper. So, at the moment, I'm trying to track down a friend in Toronto who would be able to look ths stuff up locally. But, it looks like there was a "tour" of some sort (scope of tour still needs to be determined) and (Hugo Bugg, half of the duo, at the least) appears to be considered as the "example" of Toronto synthpop. Besides the fact that John Punter was involved as the producer (and if HE's not notable, I can't imagine who is!) indicates that with enough digging of "off-line" resources, there's bound to be a large cache of "source gold" to be discovered. (BTW, my reading of WP:MUSIC indicates that just his notability can make the band notable... Please correct me, with evidence, if I am mistaken..) Of course, anyone monitoring this AfD who is in/near Toronto and/or a Synthpop fan would be welcome to help on this article. Otherwise, any changes I make will have to be researched and integrated in my free time... And, honestly, as much as I want to see this become at least a respectable article, I tend to have "bursts" of Wiki activity... So, a loving editor would be welcome! -- Lewellyn talk 18:49, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete I don't see how they meet any of the criteria of WP:MUSIC, not even criterion #1 ("subject of multiple non-trivial published works..."). Precious Roy (talk) 22:11, 9 January 2008 (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.