Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beheaded (band)


 * 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   no consensus. J04n(talk page) 01:02, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Beheaded (band)

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This band fails WP:BAND as well as WP:GNG. Most of the information is based on listings most often for upcoming events and insubstantial coverage. There's just an interview in a source of questionable reliability, the contents of which are WP:BLPSPS. JFHJr (㊟) 17:57, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Europe-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:43, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:43, 14 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete While there does seem to be a lot of non-reliable sources mentioning the band (references in blogs and other sources, not necessarily self generated) they fail the requirements of WP:BAND and I was unable to find any reliable sources that would satisfy WP:42, outside of the already mentioned interview of which the reliably is difficult to determine.  I think this is a case of WP:TOOSOON.Coffeepusher (talk) 19:15, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. There's a bio at Allmusic which describes the band as "Malta's first and still best-known death metal band", which goes some way to meeting WP:MUSIC. Apart from the interview mentioned above, I can't find an awful lot else though, but I think these guys just about scrape the bar at WP:MUSIC. (BTW, TOOSOON for a band that formed in 1991? I must be younger than I thought!) — sparklism  hey! 09:44, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * With WP:GNG so distant (and Allmusic being on this side of stellar), you'd think more would be available, perhaps even in Maltese or Italian if they were the "best-known." I wonder if notability based on the most prominent ensemble of each genre in each country (so says Allmusic) is really what WP:MUSIC criterion 7 contemplates. JFHJr (㊟) 00:59, 17 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Lankiveil (speak to me) 08:37, 23 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Weak keep: This Duke University Press book states: "Veteran band Beheaded has remained the leader of this genre in Malta for two decades, serving as a strong source of inspiration for up-and-coming death metal bands". The band seems to just about meet the notability criteria, with a clear indication that other offline sources almost certainly exist. Moswento talky 09:04, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
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