Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Forte Drum and Bugle Corps


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 13:36, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Forte Drum and Bugle Corps

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No indication in major independent media of notability, no indication of competitive success. DCI is not an independent source, it is a governing organization that exists to promote drum and bugle corps activities, and is only usable for documentation, not notability. It could conceivably be mentioned in the article on its predecessor Memphis Sound Drum and Bugle Corps, but that article is sourced exclusively to DCI, and itself had not competed in any higher echelon competitions. Extreme reliance on DCI with an absence of any independent media coverage is a widespread issue in this kind of article.  Acroterion   (talk)   16:48, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 17:06, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Curbon7 (talk) 03:22, 2 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. I agree. There's a walled garden here of related articles that are meant to bestow notability on each other, but the basic fact is that many of the individual organizations, such as this one, completely lack the sourcing required for passing the GNG. It's not unlike Boy Scout articles--that an overarching organization might have some notability doesn't mean that therefore everything under it is notable. In addition, there is at least one COI account (now blocked) and likely a bunch of socks, and it's time to do some cleanup. Drmies (talk) 17:04, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete or Redirect to List of Drum Corps International member corps. Fails WP:NBAND and WP:GNG. I could find no independent RS other than a brief mention that they played in a fourth of July parade in Chicago in 2012. See "Get ready for a fun-filled Fourth: Independence Day Parade begins at noon in downtown Glen Ellyn" Suzanne Flynn Chicago tribune, 2012-06-28, p.TL_c8. This wasn't even a review but a before the parade puff piece. I would imagine that a lot of the other articles on the individual member corps of the Drum Corps International are similarly not notable.4meter4 (talk) 21:07, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete As with other minor DCI corps, there's not enough independent coverage to meet GNG. A redirect to List of Drum Corps International member corps would be inappropriate as the corps is no longer active and doesn't have any apparent plans to rejoin active competition, which would put it outside the scope of that list. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 03:20, 13 October 2021 (UTC)


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