Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ignominious incarceration


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The result was   Nomination withdrawn with no calls for deletion. Non-admin closure. Warrah (talk) 00:38, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Ignominious incarceration

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A minor band that, in my reading of WP:BAND, does not meet Wikipedia's notability requirements. It has been an opening act for other groups - it never had its own tour - and neither its EP or one album have charted. A few reviews of its only album have been used as references, but these seem to come out media outlets that will review anything related to the death metal genre. I acknowledge that this AfD was submitted in error and I am withdrawing the nomination. Warrah (talk) 13:07, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

This band has been signed by a major label in the metal genre, and is working on their second album. Metal Hammer do not "review 'anything' in the death metal genre" as they tend to focus more on the more commercial aspects of metal. For a proper death metal band to have exposure in Metal Hammer is a rarity and shows that they have at least captured their attention. The exact same case can be made for RockSound magazine, who rarely feature, let alone praise, death metal bands. Ignominious Incarceration have toured as headliners in support of their album. This information was on my initial article, but for some reason seems to have been removed. As a final point in response, "Of Winter Born" has been featured in HMV's metal chart, again quite a feat for a proper death metal band as opposed to the "chart friendly" metal that they usually feature. Roj Saville 14:43, 15 April 2010 (GMT) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.59.101.162 (talk)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:53, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - there will probably be some debate over whether the linked magazine articles are reliable or significant, but I'm leaning toward WP:BAND #1 in support for keeping the article. Also, the nominator read WP:BAND #2 incorrectly because not reaching the charts cannot be used as proof of non-notability. That criterion works in the opposite direction. D OOMSDAYER 520  (Talk|Contribs) 16:01, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep for now I cleaned this article up a bit; it was rather waffly and needed (still does) proper referencing. I found lots of reviews via Google on Heavy Metal websites, but none from mainstream media. IMO, notability is questionable; it may help if the creator or major editor, who posted above, could point the given references towards the appropriate articles' urls and not the referenced websites' home pages. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 06:42, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your consideration. I will obtain the direct URL's this weekend for the references, and relink those in. Roj Saville 09:04, 16 April 2010 (GMT) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.59.101.162 (talk)
 * Keep - on a national tour of UK and signed with Earache Records, therefore ranks for WP:BAND. Bearian (talk) 16:36, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
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