Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Encorps Drum and Bugle Corps (2nd nomination)


 * 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. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 14:06, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Encorps Drum and Bugle Corps
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None of the issues that led to its deletion last July (see Articles for deletion/Encorps Drum and Bugle Corps) have been resolved. --Ahecht (TALK PAGE ) 22:04, 21 July 2020 (UTC) PAGE ]]) 22:04, 21 July 2020 (UTC) PAGE ]]) 22:04, 21 July 2020 (UTC) PAGE ]]) 22:04, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
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"Although I doubt that I will have any effect on the decision to delete it, I will try to save this corps from deletion. While I look at last year’s deletion, I see that you say that they were feature in one article in a drum and bugle magazine. Well it wasn’t a magazine that I can find but this article I found from the official Drum Corps International Website which is the Marching Music’s Major League and Drum Corps International has been around since 1972. Ok then that’s one article that they got approved. In that same article, they show tour dates for the 2019 season, but they could just be shows that aren’t archived with scores or anything. However, they do have scores with scores for Encorps. These scores are taken straight from Drum Corps International’s website.

Now when you Google search “encorps,” you find items about STEM programs in schools. While yes, searching “encorps” only may not bring up the drum and bugle corps first, you can also search up “encorps drum and bugle corps” and it will bring up the drum corps. You can even search up “encorps dci” and find more info from the encorps. Here are some videos on youtube from both seasons of encorps. Now are they the best videos? No but are they videos from shows that encorps marched and competed in? Yes.

Now onto the information in the wikipedia article. Is there not much there? Yes. However, the point of wikipedia is to edit and continue to add more information as we find it. The start may seem small but the drum and bugle corps community can find plenty of information to make the article bigger. This corps was small and only competed in few competitions but they had big dreams that Drum Corps International even said they couldn’t do. If they competed this season (baring that COVID-19 pandemic didn’t happen), they wanted to come and compete at Drum Corps International Open Class Championships in Marion, IN. However, Drum Corps International thought that they wouldn’t be financially stabled following that approach. That’s exactly what happened to Coastal Surge Drum and Bugle Corps from South Carolina in 2015. Coastal Surge competed at Drum Corps International Championships in 2014 and folded the following year. However, that corps that was short lived did exist and has proof of their existence and so did Encorps.

I know I can’t probably sway anyone’s opinion in this but I now have tried to use the best information for me being in a drum corps community that’s caring and open to all corps. " Trasher2020 (talk) 16:14, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delet - lacks significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources to establish notability. - Whpq (talk) 14:51, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,    Kadzi    (talk) 09:37, 29 July 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,    Kadzi    (talk) 11:40, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Independent, reliable sources do not include YouTube. Ifnord (talk) 17:54, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete: Trasher2020 is passionate in his advocacy, but lacked one element: any valid grounds to keep the article.  YouTube and Facebook are not reliable sources, and the DCI is a primary one.  Aside from a GNG fail, Wikipedia is not a web host.   Ravenswing      07:21, 15 August 2020 (UTC)


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