Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Birdy (music group)


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The result was   delete. WP:SNOW  MBisanz  talk 22:48, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Birdy (music group)

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Page was tagged for A7, but they claim some level of success with some song that can be reasonably taken as an assertion of significance. That said, I'm unable to verify it, and the speedy tag was disputed, so I'm bringing it here to resolve the matter. As I can't find any sources, I can't confirm that it passes WP:N, nor can I even confirm it's verifiable. Wily D 13:59, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - This might be a hoax. You'd guess that this search would return something substantive. Other combinations seem to fail as well. § FreeRangeFrog 20:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. No significant independent references, notability not established, fails WP:BAND. WWGB (talk) 22:42, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions.  —WWGB (talk) 23:00, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  —WWGB (talk) 23:00, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete G3 as hoax. Birdy and its members are not listed in the three most important books on NZ rock music of that era, there is no such label in NZ as Music Magnet, and at that time in New Zealand's rock music industry it was a pretty close-knit community - certainly close enough that those of us involved in it would have known about any band with two minor hits and an album. FWIW, Birdy+"Calm Down" evokes no relevant NZ-based Ghits, and "First love and other sorrows" returns only two NZ-based Ghits - both for a novel with that title. Grutness...wha?  00:31, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Definitely a hoax. No relevant results in Google. I was around at the time and have no personal recollection of there being any such band. Daveosaurus (talk) 08:16, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Searches on Lexis Nexis only return golfing-related articles. Nothing about a band. - Mgm|(talk) 09:49, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete - WP:HOAX, tagged as G3.  Matt  (  Talk  )   07:43, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * There is, in fact, some evidence to suggest it's not a hoax, but that "Minor hit" is just an exhaggeration. In any event, it's not elidgible for G3. Wily D  12:53, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * What evidence? Given that they recorded for a non-existent label and their singles and album are not listed in Puschmann and Davey's "Kiwi Rock" (which lists all rock singles, EPs, LPs and CDs released in NZ in the 1980s), and as a kicker that "First Love" +"Other Sorrows" +Birdy -wikipedia returns zero relevant ghits, it looks pretty much like a hoax. And if it is, it's G3. Grutness...wha?  21:56, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * No, if, on cursory inspection, it has to be false, it's G3. Wily D  00:54, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That's not what G3 says, nor how it is interpreted from the point of view of speedy deletion. It doesn't need to be false "on a cursory examination". It needs to be "blatantly and obviously false". In this case, the information in the article is blatantly and obviously false. This group had "minor hits" that were never released on a label that never existed. As such this does fall within G3. Grutness...wha?  05:34, 23 February 2009 (UTC)


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