User talk:Funglebumb

May 2016
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Speedy deletion nomination of The Mighty Oiler Marching Band


A tag has been placed on The Mighty Oiler Marching Band requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, a group of people, an individual animal, an organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content, or an organized event, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Notability and promotion
Hi! I thought I'd explain why I deleted the page.

The main reason was ultimately because the page was very, very promotional in tone. This may have been unintentional, but you cannot use terms like "prestigious" and phrases like "help lead the band to excellence". These are seen as WP:PUFFERY on Wikipedia, although of course they're fine to post elsewhere on the Internet. You should also avoid telling people to contact you on the article page, since that can also be seen as promotional. It also gives off the impression that you're exerting WP:OWNERSHIP over the page in that you're telling people to contact you over spelling errors rather than fixing things themselves, although of course that sort of warning shouldn't be on the page either.

The other reason was notability, since there wasn't really much on the page to show that it would pass notability guidelines. (WP:GNG) This notability can be established by way of coverage for the band in independent and reliable sources like newspaper articles. The only catch is that the sources should mention the band in depth (ie, no brief WP:TRIVIAL mentions), shouldn't be notifications of performances, and shouldn't be written by a person or organization directly affiliated with the group. However this wasn't the ultimate reason I deleted the page.

Now when it comes to being the oldest at something, age is somewhat subjective. The first version of the band was formed in the 60s, which isn't entirely all that long when it comes to musical groups. However age by itself isn't something that would establish notability. It can make it more likely that there will be coverage, but it's not a guarantee. The same thing goes for the performances as well, to a certain degree. Now something else to be careful of are the names. I get the impression that this is likely just the newest name for a marching band that has been existent since the 60s, however the article isn't entirely clear on that and you also need to make sure that this is the case. It's actually not all that uncommon for a school to launch a new marching band where it had various predecessors, yet the current band is a different entity entirely than the one(s) that came before. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  06:30, 24 May 2016 (UTC)