User talk:Riffgunner

Speedy deletion of The Tom Fun Orchestra
The Tom Fun Orchestra meet the criteria of a notable artist as outlined in the Criteria for Musicians and Ensembles article

It has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician/ensemble itself and reliable.[1] This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, and television documentaries[2] except for the following: Media reprints of press releases, other publications where the musician/ensemble talks about themselves, and advertising for the musician/ensemble. Works comprising merely trivial coverage, such as newspaper articles that simply report performance dates or the publications of contact and booking details in directories. An article in a school or university newspaper (or similar) would generally be considered trivial but should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Has had a charted hit on any national music chart.

Check CBC Radio 3, They are number 7 on the top 30. This is a national radio chart. Also, the band has been featured in Numerous publications all over the country. Just google the band name, you will find lots of material.Thanks http://www.canadianmusic.com/bands/431/info.php http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=AB7A26FE864611DCB901000423CF3686 http://www.mta.ca/news/index.cgi?id=1333 http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jz7J7hMaYpCAtDhT6WyKrmyhw7VQ http://radio.upei.ca/videoindex

Thank You

A tag has been placed on The Tom Fun Orchestra 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 band, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for musical topics.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. ninety:one 22:26, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


 * The article has already been deleted (in the future, hangon goes on the ARTICLE, not on your own user talk page. You may wish to go to deletion review. —Random832 (contribs) 19:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)