Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Four–Mod


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The result was keep. Star  Mississippi  16:33, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Four–Mod

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May not be notable. Band claims to have multiple #1 hits, but according to WP:GOODCHARTS, Thailand does not have a reputable singles chart. Prod removed due to possibly worthwhile sources on Thai Wikipedia, but this does not guarantee the possibility of notability. If someone is able to translate the Thai sources and determine their credibility, then this might be salvageable Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 03:22, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 03:22, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Thailand-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:04, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:04, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Thai Rath, Thailand number 1 newspaper has news coverage for this band here . Note that each box links to its full-length newspaper article. I can see 18 total articles dated back till 2014 which were past their peak popularity. --Lerdsuwa (talk) 10:33, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Khaosod newspaper source but too bad it can only go back 2 years. Daily News (Thailand) newspaper source  - this site lacks tagging so have to rely on Google's site search, total 187 results found (some hits are unrelated to the band). --Lerdsuwa (talk) 10:46, 6 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep, the more I look at this. The Thai language is particularly barrierful to finding sources, but what I see in at least some Thai press indicates that the band, even after it's disbanded, is considered to be pretty notable in that country:
 * (The article then continues.)
 * (Though I find it difficult to assess whether this is a WP:RS.)
 * (As a apparent fan site, fourfan.com itself seems not to be a WP:RS; but it is (infringingly) here copying an article from the Thai edition of Seventeen (American magazine), and coverage in Seventeen, as an RS to me supports notability.)
 * The add'l links at the footer of this article show add'l coverage in the Thai edition of Cosmopolitan (magazine), as well as in several what appear to be in-country magazines (Student Weekly, Spicy, ขวัญเรือน, Oops!, In magazine, Sweety and Love Love).
 * I doubt that much of the content above is worth putting into the article (and given that all of the articles on the Four Fanclub site are a) in Thai, so most of us won't understand them and b) are apparent copyvios that would violate WP:COPYLINK to link to anyway, referencing them would be difficult in any event); but they do indicate notability which is the question for AFD.
 * The article is indeed in dire need of clean-up, however. TJRC (talk) 05:24, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The article is indeed in dire need of clean-up, however. TJRC (talk) 05:24, 9 January 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.