Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fields (band) (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. Courcelles (talk) 01:31, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Fields (band)
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At best, the only thing that could save this article is that they were signed to Atlantic Records as, apart from that, my searches found no outstandingly good coverage here, here, here and here. They never seem to have made more of a noticeable impact aside from when they started and they're no further coverage after that and, if also found non-notable, I'll nominate the albums as well. Pinging the only still active user from the first AfD, and past editor. SwisterTwister  talk  06:20, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  06:33, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  06:33, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete: I agree with SwisterTwister. The article has not added anything significant, or references (it's been given enough time), since its reinstatement after a deletion discussion (here), on 6 February 2007 (why did it come back?). 'One-hit-wonder' bands usually deserve a page on Wikipedia... 'One-obscure-album' bands usually not. If the band is not notable then, per SwisterTwister, the album and EP would not be either.
 * Even if there is a decision that the band is notable, the article should then be reduced to a few-lines' stub, including the removal of non-notables per WP:LISTPEOPLE, notability not rubbing off. Removing waffle down to acceptable essentials, if this is indeed enough for an article, it could stub in entirety as:
 * Fields were a 2006 to 2009 London-based Anglo-Icelandic electronic/indie band. They released their only album, Everything Last Winter, and EP 4 from the Village, through Atlantic Records' label Black Lab Records. The album was produced by Michael Beinhorn at Sun Studios, Dublin. Acabashi (talk) 10:56, 9 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep. Below is some of the reviews/coverage available. Note that it's from multiple countries. Some are just capsule reviews but there is a lot of them. See also the reviews listed at Everything Last Winter along with this other allmusic review. (the allmusic credits and bio both verify production by Beinhorn) The New York Daily News  has a little but they call the band The Field. duffbeerforme (talk) 10:15, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep. I'm baffled by this as I found plenty of decent coverage: BBC, Allmusic, Pitchfork, Hot Press, SPIN, Gigwise.com, New Zealand Herald, Prefix, CLASH, AV Club, Rolling Stone, PopMatters, FADER, a whole chapter in Jeff Touzeau's book Artists on Recording Techniques, and SPIN again. Their album was also reviewed in Q (listed at Metacritic). --Michig (talk) 06:59, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 16:37, 17 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep The sources provided by Michig definitely clinch this for me; RollingStone, BBC, and AllMusic all have fairly substantial coverage. I'm not sure how these did not turn up in the initial search, but regardless, they clear the notability threshold by a wide margin. Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:42, 17 September 2015 (UTC)


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