Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/If You're Not Dead, Play


 * 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. Clear consensus that it meets criteria. (non-admin closure) KSAWikipedian (talk) 17:01, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

If You're Not Dead, Play

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No evidence of notability. Tow (talk) 16:51, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Tow (talk) 16:51, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Music and Ohio.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:00, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. I discussed the documentary's prequel at Articles for deletion/It's Everything, and Then It's Gone.  The article notes: "If You're Not Dead, Play! -- which premieres at 8 tonight on WNEO/WEAO (Channels 45/49) -- continues the tale by looking at the local success of '70s/'80s bands Chi Pig, Unit 5 and Hammer Damage. ... That set the context for the bands in If You Aren't Dead, who thought they could have big recording success -- and didn't get it. As legendary as they were in Northeast Ohio, they were at best cult figures in other parts of the world. ... The documentary is told partly by Hoffman's narration, vintage photos, ancient video (of sometimes awful quality) and the band members. ... The musicians' stories are pretty entertaining, especially ones about the perils of the stage at the Bank and the seediness of local clubs."  The article notes: "Set to air on Wednesday, September 28, and Thursday, September 9, the new If You're Not Dead, Play!! will cover the next wave of Akron bands, following Chi Pig, Unit Five, and Hammer Damage into the early '80s."  The article notes: "If You're Not Dead, Play!! documents the second wave of Akron "garage bands" that formed in the ‘80s and included bands such as Unit 5, Chi Pig and Hammer Damage. The film includes interviews with the bands and with pundits such as Chuck Klosterman, a senior writer for Spin who was once the Akron Beacon Journal’s rock critic. Beacon Journal columnist David Giffels also talks about the city’s music scene. The film includes never-released audio recordings, newspaper articles and other memorabilia." There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow If You're Not Dead, Play! to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 06:52, 15 August 2022 (UTC) 
 * Keep in view of the coverage in multiple reliable sources identified above so that deletion is unnecessary in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 19:57, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - due to sourcing located by Cunard MaxnaCarta (talk) 00:08, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Thanks to the sources found by Cunard. MrsSnoozyTurtle 02:13, 20 August 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it.</b> 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.