Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bounding Main


 * 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.  Sandstein  19:06, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Bounding Main

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This band exists but there no indication that they are Wikipedia notable per WP:BAND. The article has been around for awhile and there appears to have been some COI editing to it over the years. There's quite a number of sources being cited, but many appear to be WP:PRIMARY or otherwise trivial types of mentions, while most of the albums appear to be self-published. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:13, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:15, 22 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2018 December 26.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 07:49, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 13:37, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 13:37, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk /  contribs 09:36, 2 January 2019 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep because their nine trips to perform in other countries between 2008–2017 satisfies WP:BAND criteria #4. Johnson487682 (talk) 21:35, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Criterion #4 states that they need to have received "non-trivial coverage in independent reliable sources" of these tours, not just have toured. All of the sources cited for their overseas performances seem to be just name mentions and primary sources like press releases, etc. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:18, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nightfury 09:05, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment This source appears to be significant coverage, possibly this one as well? I can't read the articles because of GDPR (*Rolls eyes*) just the snippets that are visible from the Google search. FOARP (talk) 13:29, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The first link is an article about a parade in Racine in November 2018. All that is says about the band is the following:"Bounding Main, a Racine-based vocal group, is set to perform a unique blend of maritime and holiday themed songs. Since forming in 2003, they have been performing shows filled with spirit, humor and harmony all over the United States and Europe." That's doesn't seem like significant coverage at all to me. The band is mentioned by name a single time and with a brief promotional sounding description. The second link is an article about a Renaissance Faire the band appeared at in 2012. There's a little more about the band in this article than the parade article, but again it seems more trivial coverage than significant coverage (at least to me). The band is mentioned in a section titled "Familiar faces" and the focus seems to be more on one of the band's members than the band itself. Local bands appearing at local festivals often get mentioned in articles written for local newspapers by local writers, especially if the band has a local following and has appeared at the festival before; however, I don't think that kind of local notability equals Wikipedia notability. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:18, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

British Library's Sound Archive: Selected by the British Library for preservation in their sound archive. Full live performance recorded at the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, June 2017.[36] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shantyfan (talk • contribs) 02:51, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment Bounding Main was recorded by the British Library's Sound Archive. See reference on their site. They have been interviewed and had radio segments aired in the Netherlands and on Armed Forces Radio. Their music is played internationally. Please reconsider deletion as they are relevant in the maritime music genre.
 * Keep. I am NOT A FAN of such blatantly promotional edits from a single-user account but there's a degree of notability here to be found under a lot of cruft.  --Lockley (talk) 18:44, 16 January 2019 (UTC)


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