Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bands Against Bush (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. Courcelles 00:53, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Bands Against Bush
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A previous nomination closed as "no consensus" in January 2009, and the article has one edit since then, which does not cure the basic problem with this article: the article has no sources for notability or verifiability other than the website of the organization in question. Participants in the previous discussion asserted that sources exist, but they did not provide them, and the sources I could find were all blogs and forums, and then they often confused this topic with the notable Rock Against Bush. Unless independent sources for real notability exist, this article shouldn't be here. Note that the article Tobi Vail already covers this topic adequately, so a merge is not needed either. — Gavia immer (talk) 21:41, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Insufficiently notable.  --Nlu (talk) 21:43, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete No evidence of notability. Seems to be promotional to the point of being silly. Borock (talk) 21:48, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete I can't find any non-trivial reliable coverage of this organization. Does not seem to pass minimal standards.  -- Jayron  32  21:57, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Doesn't assert its own notability, and looks like a soapbox rather than a legitimate article. Hard to see how it will have any lasting notability, which is precisely what notability requires. Xihr  22:00, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:17, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:17, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm definitely not a fan of GWB, but all I can find on Google is passing mentions of this project. Erpert (let's talk about it) 22:56, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep- Be nice if people actually looked at the original AFD. Two of the sources I mentioned in there no longer seem to work, but and  both still work, and discuss the album. Umbralcorax (talk) 01:36, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The first is just a trivial mention. The second is much better than any of the other sources I've been able to find - but it's still mostly just a direct quotation from the website. The dateline and list of performers in that article give enough context to the other trivial mentions around October 2003 that I suspect the event in question was the most high-profile thing this effort accomplished. — Gavia immer (talk) 01:52, 27 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep, I've added some references. --Nuujinn (talk) 17:18, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * But do these references really establish that that it was not a momentary coverage? I don't think they do.  --Nlu (talk) 17:39, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * WP:1E is a policy regarding biographies of people, and we're talking about a group. Coverage extends from 2003 to 2007, with most references after the election citing the group because of the NYPD surveillance and infiltration. Certainly stub-worthy. --Nuujinn (talk) 19:33, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge into some article about Bush' criticism, all Presidents have it.-- T ru  c o  503 21:15, 28 December 2010 (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.