Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fun (band)


 * 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   Keep (non-admin closure). Seems to be a notable band. Ruslik (talk) 09:14, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Fun (band)

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Procedural nom. I've declined a speedy on this as the creator's posted a potential defence of the article on the talkpage (basically summarised as: the band's new, but all the members are already notable). Bringing it over for consensus one way or the other. – iride  scent  23:54, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

*Delete As we all should know, wikipedia is for articles about things that are verifiable and indeed notable as of the time the article is written, claiming that it will become notable some day is a violation of Wikipedia: cristal ball DubZog (talk) 00:09, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment WP:BAND criteria 6 is what's being claimed; "Contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise notable". The creator's a new account so doesn't know how to word it in WP:WIKISPEAK yet. Not judging either way whether the claim is valid. – iride  scent  00:14, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I must apologize for not being aware of that particular sentence in that particular guideline; however, I stick to my original opinion, due to the problem with verifiability. DubZog (talk) 00:41, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep The author has responded to the request and added references, no reason to delete it now.DubZog (talk) 20:25, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, the references are not ideal—Relix, AbsolutePunk.net, Buzznet—but neither are they hopeless. This band passes WP:MUSIC criterion #6, with members of The Format, Steel Train, and Anathallo forming a supposed "supergroup". Keep. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 01:52, 15 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.   — Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 01:55, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:MUSIC. References provide enough verifiability to pass. Even though you only need to meet one of the WP:MUSIC criteria, the general consensus here is that #6 is considered the weakest one of the lot. I can see this one coming back to AfD in 6 months or so if no more ref's to prove notability in any of the other areas arise.   Esradekan Gibb    "Talk" 03:31, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - per Esradekan, does pass WP:MUSIC under guideline C6, the members alone give the band notability. Thor Malmjursson (talk) 10:42, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable per above, and since there are five notable people forming this band there's no good redirect target. -- Amalthea Talk 20:20, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Agreeing with the reasoning, notable people forming a band implies a certain notability for the band. Needs some cleanup though if kept...  So Why  08:42, 18 August 2008 (UTC)


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