Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A State of Mind (band) (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 22:46, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

A State of Mind (band)
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Actually deleted in 2012 but, given that it is not exactly the same thing since then, here we are again and I can confirm I have searched and examined but found nothing to suggest what we would seriously need for a substantially convincing article. SwisterTwister  talk  04:45, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. --Animalparty! (talk) 00:00, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * comment fr:A State of Mind (which this appears to be at least partially a translation of) has some RSes. Interviews: Reviews:  Not quite sure those three alone bring it up to WP:NMUSIC, but it's not implausible ... - David Gerard (talk) 09:39, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
 * comment Not to be confused with the Polish band also called A State of Mind - David Gerard (talk) 09:41, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Dane 2007  talk 00:17, 12 October 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  16:21, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete. I will note that I've reviewed the original deleted article and can confirm that it was not about the same band, so this is definitely not speediable. That said, this article makes no strong claim that this band passes WP:NMUSIC for anything, and cites no reliable source coverage to support it — and I don't see David Gerard's new sources above as improving the notability case at all. It's a standard rule at AFD that because they represent the subject talking about themselves, a Q&A-formatted interview cannot assist passage of GNG — it's a type of reference that can be used for supplementary sourcing of stray facts after GNG has already been passed, but not a type of reference that can bring GNG in and of itself. And the reviews are in a blog and a user-generated discussion forum, so they're not reliable sources. And while France Info has the possibility of counting toward GNG, in this case it's just a blurb wrapped around a YouTube video of the band in performance rather than a piece of substantive coverage — and even if we did accept it as a GNG-eligible source because France Info, one GNG-eligible source is not a GNG pass all by itself. So no, nothing shown so far is enough. Bearcat (talk) 17:56, 26 October 2016 (UTC)


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