Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bomb (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   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 15:48, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Bomb (band)

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Appears to fail WP:BAND. No real reliable sources have been provided to substantiate any of the claims made in the article. Unreferenced since 2008 and it does not seem it ever will be. Opening for Flipper doesn't make them notable. Kindzmarauli (talk) 05:21, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:39, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Burpelson AFB (talk) 02:16, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. Their Warner Bros. album, Hate-Fed Love, generated some coverage in notable papers. I wonder if that's enough for them to scrape by--it's only one record on a major label, but it is one that was reviewed inThe Washington Post and the Arizona Daily Star. Drmies (talk) 19:54, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It might be enough for the album, but not for them. Did the album even chart?  If not, then it's not notable.  Whose Your Guy (talk) 20:18, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Huh? "Charting" is not a necessary requirement for notability. Drmies (talk) 20:31, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * So I am misinterpreting this criteria, then? Whose Your Guy (talk) 20:43, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know. But that section clearly says a band "may be notable if it meets at least one of the following criteria"--and having an album chart is only one of them. Independent coverage (the first item on the list) is much important and much more common, especially for bands outside the mainstream. Drmies (talk) 02:26, 18 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete Unless reliable third-party sources can be found to save the article. Whose Your Guy (talk) 20:18, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but part of the burden of participating in these AfD discussions is to do precisely that--look for such sources, successfully or in vain. "Delete unless sources can be found" implies "by someone other than me," but that's only OK if you actually look for them. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 21:47, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Some people are better at finding references than others. Some folks may have more resources than others. Generally when I see someone vote as WYG did, I assume they've looked and found nothing and are deferring to others. When I vote in this manner, it's because I didn't find anything myself but I'm open to changing my vote if someone else does. I tend to agree that the references could, potentially, be used to write an article about the album but not really the band since notability is not inherited. Burpelson AFB (talk) 23:25, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * If someone says "I searched high and low, in Google, on the Grammy site, in my collection of Kerrangs, or words to that effect, yes. But "inheriting" is not the question here anyway--if the album in its own right is notable, how can the band not be notable? It is rather the other way around--notable artists can make non-notable albums; they do so all the time. Drmies (talk) 02:24, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That doesn't seem to jibe with WP:BAND though. Hypothetically, what if a band releases an album on a major label, the album gets a few reviews and an article about it, but the band itself receives no significant coverage? Subjects of articles need specific coverage about the subject, not about things related to them. For example, if a reported writes a series of articles about a house the house becomes notable but that doesn't mean the person who built it automatically becomes notable. There has to be coverage of the subject directly. Burpelson AFB (talk) 00:46, 19 August 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.