Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arms Race (band)


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The result was no consensus (WP:NPASR) King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:32, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Arms Race (band)

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I can see very little coverage of substance in the provided sources; it's almost entirely stage lists and short mentions, and even the promisingly titled "ARMS RACE – britische Hardcore-Punk-Band löst sich auf" is just three sentences. This may be the best of the bunch, and it's one paragraph. I don't think there's enough material here to source a valid article. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 19:34, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Elmidae (talk · contribs) 19:34, 16 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Oppose, It's a minimal page but meets WP:MUSIC criteria 1 because the band has coverage from Bandcamp Daily, Now and Stereogum. 4 because Vice covered their US co-headline tour with Violent Reaction and Unite Asia covered their Japan headline tour. And 7 because considered them "leaders" of the NWOBHC, and  says they "solidified" that style. Issan Sumisu (talk) 19:41, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * These sources are as trivial as you can get - you can't even call the first two "coverage", they are the briefest of mentions. But I suspect this will be entirely obvious to anyone who has a look at these sources, so no further comments from me. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 19:53, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you mean, by calling the first two sources trivial: the first source I mentioned was Bandcamp Daily which has their album art as its cover, refers to them as "generating international attention" and as defining the sound of a new wave of the genre. That doesn't seem like trivial coverage in the slighltest. Issan Sumisu (talk) 20:06, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete, per nominator. The sources listed above are extremely poor: one's a Japanese tour announcement, another's a tour announcement for another band, one's a festival announcement mentioning them a single time, and the last one (possibly the best source) is merely a couple of mentions in the context of hardcore bands in general. It probably wouldn't even have been mentioned were it not for the fact that several of its band members were actually on Violent Reaction, and the article's author seems excited about that. I'm not seeing the SIGCOV needed to substantiate an article on this band. Nor does it appear to fulfill any MUSIC criteria with these very poor sources. PK650 (talk) 23:34, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 02:30, 24 April 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sulfurboy (talk) 10:09, 1 May 2020 (UTC)


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