Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BIP (band) (2nd nomination)


 * 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 Delete. Michig (talk) 06:46, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

BIP (band)
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Article that has not been sourced in its nearly decade long existence. Supposedly has released three albums, but only one listed at AllMusic. Clearly does not satisfy WP:NBAND or WP:GNG. Band appears to have been defunct for quite some years now, so highly unlikely it will ever be notable. Results on Google are very sparse and many are just mirrors of this Wikipedia page. Safiel (talk) 04:07, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete agree fails WP:GNG. Can only find an Indonesian band with that name. Also is no Spanish page. EllsworthSchmittendorf (talk) 05:32, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Support: I originally PRODded this article, not realising that it had already been PRODded before, and Safiel, quite correctly, dePRODded it and put it up for AfD instead. The group, who mostly just make cover versions of old songs with a more modern electronic party feel, are in fact still going – see this article from last year in a regional Colombian newspaper. But that doesn't alter the fact that there is precious little information out there: the article above simply talks about their new single being a cover of a song from 1981; this and this from the same newspaper in 2011 and 2014 respectively are brief interviews in which they talk about their current single of the time. I have no idea where the quote in the article comes from and cannot trace it. The previous AfD was withdrawn because it was noted that the band had released more than two albums, but I believe this is a misreading of point 5 of WP:BAND which says a band MAY be notable if it has released two or more albums on a major record label, which I don't think BIP have done. The only criterion on this list the band have probably satisfied is number 11, but that still doesn't necessarily qualify them as being notable enough to have an article, particularly as we are struggling to find sources. Richard3120 (talk) 05:37, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete search found more info about another band with same name founded in 1996, only significant info from Wikipedia page itself or mirrors of said page, as found by User:EllsworthSchmittendorf - Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but still a definite WP:NBAND fail.  JW  Noctis talk to me 05:42, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete As above - no references of note Deathlibrarian (talk) 05:51, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete and I myself would've considered deleting including by PROD had I found it, nothing for at best minimally better notability. SwisterTwister   talk  06:15, 14 May 2016 (UTC)


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