Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Electric Sheep (band)


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The result was delete. I really hated deleting this. It took me five minutes to stop laughing when I first read the band name. Ad Orientem (talk) 04:11, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Electric Sheep (band)

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Fails WP:NBAND. Unsourced except for a very brief interview. An attempt to WP:INHERIT notability from the fact that two of its members later became notable. From the lead, "Electric Sheep was a garage rock band founded in the early 1980s that found no success..." Narky Blert (talk) 20:00, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per the article's own words. Legacypac (talk) 20:44, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   &#9742;   &#9998;  23:33, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 01:10, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Redirect to Tom Morello. Appropriate coverage is already there.  --Lockley (talk) 00:04, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Several new references added, dead links removed. I think the band that produced two of the most important musicians of '90s rock is worth an article. Nareek (talk) 22:48, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 10:01, 3 June 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Relisted for answering of SoWhy's question above
 * Delete - References have been added, *however* most of these seem to be talking about the Band members in the context of their later, more succusseful bands - not specifically establishing any notability for Electric Sheep itself. Deathlibrarian (talk) 13:00, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete - This is a high school band that trivially includes two people who achieved notability later in life. Very definitely fails WP:GNG as all coverage is trivial. Power~enwiki (talk) 03:48, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Reframe as List of Electric Sheep alumni or Delete.  The argument that there are several notable alumni sounds like WP:INHERIT.  Normally I would be looking for an excuse to invoke WP:ATD, but since there's more than one legitimate target, that doesn't work.  Maybe a list of redirects is the right solution?  If not, then delete.  -- RoySmith (talk) 18:54, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Can someone explain to me how this fails WP:BAND #6 which explicitly says that being an ensemble that contains two or more independently notable musicians indicates notability? Regards  So Why  08:05, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nördic   Nightfury  08:58, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable band. Deathlibrarian (talk) 03:53, 15 June 2017 (UTC)


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