Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bomb the Music Industry!


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 23:39, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Bomb the Music Industry!

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Does not meet any of the criteria in WP:MUSIC. One editor said that "Notability is met if the musician has been the subject of a broadcast by a media network." but I see no evidence of this broadcast on the article or on the internet for that matter. LuftWaffle0 (talk) 06:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)


 * BTMI meets criteria #1: "multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician or ensemble itself and reliable." References include Alternative Press, AbsolutePunk, Razorcake, & Punknews.  MakeBelieveMonster (talk) 13:45, 8 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I would argue that 3 out of 4 of those are just online sources, and the coverage in Alternative Press is so trivial as to be meaningless. If every garage band mentioned in a punk music website had their own wikipedia article, there'd be no room for legitimate articles. In fact it's probably arguable that some of those articles about those websites are themselves unfit for wikipedia. There are many examples of punk bands that have "made it" (tour nationally/internationally, featured in major magazines, significant tv coverage, etc.) and thus warrant their own articles but this band like thousands of others are just nobodies with zealot fans that have gotten away with making a wikipedia article. The original article in fact seemed to have been written by the band itself. --LuftWaffle0 (talk) 14:45, 8 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep per MakeBelieveMonster and 105 gnews hits UltraMagnus (talk) 15:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: Passes WP:MUSIC. Joe Chill (talk) 21:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  -- Joe Chill (talk) 21:17, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, 2 albums on Asian Man Records. Duffbeerforme (talk) 08:18, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Duffbeerforme. Meets WP:BAND categories 1 and 5.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:37, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
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