Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/King Kong Company


 * 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   no consensus. Very borderline, but giving this a chance. In the absence of improvement within the next couple of months I would expect it will be renominated. Stifle (talk) 17:40, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

King Kong Company

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I've been listening to these guys on Youtube and they're great but unfortunately I'm finding nothing on gnews but they seem to be popular on the blogs, forums, and "MySfacebook". My google-fu isn't that strong so if somebody finds something I missed then I will be glad to withdraw this nomination. Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:05, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 15:18, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

I work with the band. I've been tempted to update this article because its factually incorrect and is missing a lot of the more recent details. I haven't done so due to my connection with the band, and someone seems to be doing it sporadically. My argument against deleting this page would be the fact they won an Irish Music TV award in 2011 ahead of some much better known Irish acts Villagers, Lisa Hannigan and Ham Sandwich they also have an album and tour due in the next couple of months. They've been largely ignored by Dublin/Music media, and so, outside of blogs, their 11 Youtube hosted music videos (all released in the last year), Facebook page, I don't think I can provide links to anything other than local newspapers. If you think this is enough to keep the page, I have no problem updating it, or providing more up to date details and links. --Mailmrluke (talk) 14:05, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete: I found no reliable sources. SL93 (talk) 03:26, 3 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Edits by parties connected with the subject are discouraged but any links to newspaper reports about this band would be helpful. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 14:14, 3 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Do you know of any pre-2000 coverage in print sources like Hot Press and so on? Seems likely as a result of the Fanning session but very little of that kind of thing has made it online. 86.44.31.213 (talk) 15:01, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Let me look into the pre 2000 coverage, I'll have to check with the band and come back to you. --Mailmrluke (talk) 16:42, 3 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete - per A7, so tagged. ukexpat (talk) 14:46, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Declined, there is a credible assertion of significance in the article and here in the AFD. (Irish Music TV awards). Let the AFD run its course. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 14:57, 3 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep examples of local newspaper coverage are . There's also regional coverage: . the awards mentioned above are fairly significant, being in association with IMRO, the irish music rights organization. Come to think of it, the Fanning session seems to meet point 12 of wp:band. These sessions were of the same format & stature of the Peel sessions in England. 86.44.31.213 (talk) 15:01, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 04:22, 11 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep - Topic appears to meet WP:GNG, per:
 * — Northamerica1000 (talk) 08:33, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep Has coverage, and won notable awards.  D r e a m Focus  09:08, 12 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Week Delete Notability of awards is questionable. 3 articles in the local paper doesn't impress me as "significant coverage"--RadioFan (talk) 18:07, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't consider a few mentions in small town papers to be enough coverage --Guerillero &#124; My Talk  07:18, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 16:21, 19 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete No significant coverage and local press coverage does not for it for me, so fails WP:CLUB and WP:GNG Mt  king  (edits)  02:50, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Keep but biased Just to clarify again, I am biased having worked with the band. I agree the local papers may not be enough, but the Dave Fanning session and the IMTV award are significant - the latter being mentioned on many other Wikipedia profiles and being supported by IMRO. Last Sunday they were interviewed on Irish radio station Beat 102-103. They spoke about Wikipedia, not about this discussion, but about how someone setting this page up was the spark that got them back together. They also spoke about their history going back to 1995/1996 and the year long project they have just completed where they release a new music video every month. The podcast of the show is available here. I would suggest, if the page is kept that page is edited to make it factually correct, as I pointed out already there are several errors in its current format. --Mailmrluke (talk) 19:28, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets WP:GNG per above provided sources and WP:MUSIC and WP:BIO per award-wins. Cavarrone (talk) 13:06, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
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