Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arsonists (rap group)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was  Keep (NAC) RMHED .  23:25, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Arsonists (rap group)

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Non-notable musical group. Mikeblas (talk) 02:18, 17 February 2009 (UTC) 
 * Are they or were they signed to Matador Records? Seems to me they may be notable. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:02, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The group is considered popular for the standards of its underground genre and its underground label (Matador Records). A weaker argument on keeping it is this: the article was created on March 06 and since then nobody has contested its notability; plus, there's a dozen of wiki-articles linking to it. However, I'm surprised that nobody has used so far musical press articles as references for its statements or for establishing its notability. To sum it up: worthy subject, poorly referenced article. (Can't we recruit people from the relevant WikiProjects i.o.t. take care of it?) --Omnipaedista (talk) 12:48, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —  Aitias   // discussion 00:03, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. No chartings.  No independant ghits for the band or its members.  Myspace pages are not notable. Mystache (talk) 00:26, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as below. Mystache (talk) 01:46, 23 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Meets WP:MUSIC. Their album As The World Burns charted at #78 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|ARSONISTS&sql=11:djfixquhld6e~T5, their single "Pyromaniax" was #43 Hot Rap Singles .|ARSONISTS&sql=11:djfixquhld6e~T51, as well as multlple reliable secondary sources via Google News:    dissolve  talk  05:45, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep as per Dissolve's comments. Strikehold (talk) 08:09, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per dissolve's comments.Smallman12q (talk) 00:32, 23 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.