Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Audra (band)


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The result was no consensus. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 15:54, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Audra (band)

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I'm not finding enough to pass WP:MUSICBIO or WP:GNG for this band. Sources in the text are from Discogs (user-generated), the band's website (self-published), a blog, and YouTube. The band has an AllMusic entry, and I found a couple web sources I'm not sure are reliable or not. There's the possibility that there's pre-internet print sources available I can't access, but everything before 2000 by this band was self-released. Released two NN albums on an indie label in the early 2000s, and one single on said indie label, but everything else is self-released. I'm not finding notability here. Hog Farm (talk) 19:03, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 19:03, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 19:03, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 19:03, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment - I'm as confused as Hog Farm . . . usually having multiple albums reviewed on AllMusic (all good reviews, even if all were reviewed by same critic) at least indicates that there are other reliable sources out there... I didn't really find anything, besides Phoenix New Times, etc.  Surprising lack of reliable music sources, although band's "heyday" was before many sites got going/got legit. Most likely would vote delete. Caro7200 (talk) 19:40, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - I actually remember them (!) but they don't appear to meet NBAND. I could find only one source other than New Times. (It's offline: "Mesa band Audra throwing CD release party", May 14, 2009 - Author/Byline: Mandy Zajac, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Section: Entertainment, Television, Culture.) JSFarman (talk) 00:36, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep as has multiple staff written album reviews at AllMusic as well as regional newspaper coverage as mentioned above so a borderline pass of WP:GNG in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 23:33, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - This a case of WP:NEXIST as the article needs to be improved with better sources, and this does not mean that the band is non-notable. As said above, each of their albums got pretty robust reviews from AllMusic. Their name makes a basic search for sources difficult, but search for the name in conjunction with an album title and some more {partially) reliable sources come up, such as, ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 01:01, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete since subject fails WP:NBAND. Once more, and surely not for the last time, our knowledge or even fondness for a certain subject interferes with our assessment of notability. As it happens, I'm fond of this music! But obscure or niche artistic creations do not necessarily all mean an article should be posted up in Wikipedia. This is neither a haphazard collection of information, nor a directory. Trying for sources scares up very little, if anything. -The Gnome (talk) 19:45, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Rollidan (talk) 20:37, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment - I found this fairly long Arizona Republic interview/commentary article:  Gab4gab (talk) 15:38, 18 April 2020 (UTC)


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