Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Tribe Called Red


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:16, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

A Tribe Called Red

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Self-released music on the internet, no record label, does not qualify for WP:N / WP:BAND per my understanding of notability Львівське (говорити) 21:10, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  22:18, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  22:18, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

As you may or may not have noticed, the very first criterion in WP:BAND is has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable, not self-published, and are independent from the musician or ensemble itself — which, as written, this article already demonstrates with numerous sources. While the article could certainly use some updating to actually reflect this properly, they also pass criterion #4 (has received non-trivial coverage in independent reliable sources of an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one sovereign country); as written, the article already properly demonstrates that they pass criterion #8 as well (has won or been nominated for a major music award, such as a Grammy, Juno, Mercury, Choice or Grammis award) by virtue of two Polaris Music Prize nominations. In addition, CBC Radio has put them past criteria #11 (has been placed in rotation nationally by a major radio or music television network) and #12 (has been a featured subject of a substantial broadcast segment across a national radio or TV network). Releasing music on a major record label is certainly one way that a band can attain notability, but it's far from the only way; "major label release" is one criterion among several at WP:BAND, and a band that successfully passes several of the other criteria is not automatically non-notable just because the music was self-released. Keep. Bearcat (talk) 23:50, 21 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep — Clearly meets at least the first and eighth points of WP:MUSICBIO as explained by Bearcat. Also meets the WP:GNG due to having received enough independent coverage in reliable sources.  STATic  message me!  00:37, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I didn't know what constituted trivial. I figured trivial was "some PR writeabout about a local band" and notable would be, a writeup of in the news concerning relevancy. --Львівське (говорити) 00:59, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I've added improved sourcing for the concert tours and the radio broadcasts as well. Bearcat (talk) 01:00, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep per fixes to sources. I am not related to User:Bearcat, as far as I know. Bearian (talk) 23:12, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. Shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, plenty of non-trivial coverage in reliable sources. Passes WP:MUSICBIO and WP:GNG. — sparklism hey! 08:23, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Awards, and clearly meets GNG -- I have seen two segments on the Canadian national news show The National; one exclusively on the band and the other that featured them and an Inuit singer talking about how native music is reaching the mainstream. Did nominator do WP:BEFORE? To answer nominator's question as to trivial: trivial is when you look at an article to determine if a subject is notable rather than researching and tagging the article with refimprove or similar. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:59, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep per Bearian and Passes WP:MUSICBIO and WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 03:36, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:MUSICBIO and WP:GNG. Tnarduzzi (talk) 23:28, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
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