Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam West (band)


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The result was keep. There seems to be enough agreement that the sources provided during this discussion establish notability to find this consensus. Barkeep49 (talk) 00:38, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Adam West (band)

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Notable? GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 17:54, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

The actor is notable. The band is, however, I am afraid, not. The references at the bottom of the page look nice at first glance - however, the "Wammies" pages are not available any more as the domain has been expired. This one looks okay (it's the Washington Post after all, even if it's archived) but it says "To read the full text of this article and others like it, try us out for 7 days, FREE!" F..k you. Sorry. This one is not even available to me as I'm not located in the US. (I really hate when news sites do this). This one - Washington Post again has a column about Adam West, and again it looks okay, although I think it reads a little promotional. I did a Google search and the only reliable source I could find was Allmusic (staff written biography about the band). I am not convinced of this site's reliability. It has a rather blog/forum/fan site-like feel to me. I have also found this interview in German, however, interviews aren't considered reliable as I have learned (they still count as reliable on huwiki though). The rest of the Google search are the standard trash sites like youtube, discogs, spirit of metal (or spirit of rock in this case), rate your music, spotify and concert sites. And again, there are lots and lots of results that are just the words separated / they are about the actor Adam West, not the band. I also searched for some of their albums and I couldn't find anything other than the usual streaming links, youtube videos, databases and retail sites. So with all that being said, I think they are not notable. Thoughts? GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 17:52, 11 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 17:52, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 17:52, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington, D.C.-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:13, 11 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep - This one's a surprise because I saw this band live a few times long ago. They got some notice, including a few very lucky reviews in Washington Post and there is an AllMusic profile, showing that they rose a little above total obscurity. Of course, any attempted search under the band's name will result in stuff about the actor, but searching in conjunction with frontman Jake Starr leads to a few more minor reviews. Admittedly it's not much but perhaps enough for a basic stub article. A lot of fancruft needs to be removed though. ☆  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) ☆ 00:08, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Er...well, the only things I found when I searched with "Adam West Jake Starr" were databases, streaming links and retail sites. Anyways I was surprised too they got reviews in WaPo, I have never thought that such a major newspaper covered this little-known band. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 15:58, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * - One thing I've noticed, at least in MY searches for info on obscure bands whenever we do this, is that the lame streaming and retail sites tend to appear near the top of the search results because that is what people use these days. Sometimes you have to dig deeper in the results list, and if something is on page 10 that does not mean it is less important than something on page 1. ☆  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) ☆ 22:05, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah I know. It annoys me frankly. Every time I search for a band, notable or not, the first few results are the lame streaming service entries, social media pages, retail sites and databases. Why aren't the more important, more usable sources are at the top? GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 14:38, 13 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep. I found an Allmusic bio and a brief review, couple of Washington Post articles, two album reviews in German magazine Rock Hard, and coverage in a few books - not a huge amount but surely there will be more coverage offline, particularly from the 90s. --Michig (talk) 19:53, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh! I did not know Rock Hard reviewed their albums too. I've found the Allmusic bio and the WaPo articles though. I will add them to the article and then we're fine. I don't know why Google did not return these Rock Hard album reviews to me. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 14:38, 13 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep as per the multiple reliable sources coverage identified in this discussion that show a pass of WP:GNG so that deletion is unnecessary imv, Atlantic306 (talk) 23:56, 17 October 2020 (UTC)


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