Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lightyear (band)


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The result was keep. Appears to meet BAND Spartaz Humbug! 07:39, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Lightyear (band)

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Fails WP:BASIC, WP:ANYBIO, and WP:MUSICBIO. Unable to locate secondary sources to support notability. This source calls the band "one of the most successful British ska-punk bands of the early noughties", however, the only detailed biography I was able to find was this personal blog. Magnolia677 (talk) 12:41, 3 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep per Drowned In Sound reference. Jonpatterns (talk) 15:34, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * How does the Drowned In Sound reference support notability? Lightyear is mentioned--barely--in just four sentences of that entire article:
 * "Lightyear were, frankly, one of the most ludicrous bands around (their posters advertised “Ska – Punk – Chaos” as gigs became known for a lot of nakedness and various shenanigans including a variation on morris dancing), and even though closed-minded punters wrote them off as wacky bullshit, the heart and soul that permeated each one of their songs was hugely infectious, and they would go on to write a true masterpiece in their second album; 2003’s Chris Gentleman’s Hairdresser and Railway Bookshop."
 * "The constant evolution of bands like No Comply, Howards Alias, Sonic Boom Six, Lightyear and Captain Everything! on a month-by-month basis as their music grew meant that even though only a relatively small number of people were actually bearing witness to the scene, it was consistently exciting."
 * "In 2005 and 2006, No Comply, Five Knuckle, Lightyear, King Prawn, Howards Alias, Freaks Union and Route 215 all split up (Howards Alias and Lightyear later reformed)."
 * "In terms of music, there are several albums and EPs that can transcend normal boundaries of genre and hold some appeal to more than just fans of noisy punk. Ye Wiles’ Smoothing Away The Horrors Of Indigestion, Adequate Seven’s Here On Earth and Lightyear’s Chris Gentleman’s Hairdresser And Railway Bookshop fall into this category, but are by no means the only examples." Magnolia677 (talk) 17:18, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Barely mention doesn't really characterise it. The article is an overview of that scene and it mentions them four times. Jonpatterns (talk) 18:03, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:43, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:43, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   16:23, 10 November 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete Fails WP:BAND. No notable third-party coverage; not even a BBC article on the 40th anniversary of British ska made any mention of the band. sixty nine   • whaddya want? •  17:38, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   09:20, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Article more than demonstrates notability, showing that the band played big festivals, and were the suibject of features in national media, print and radioEgaoblai (talk) 06:49, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Hardly. If there are "features in national media" about the band, then they should be in the article. Playing in a festival does not automatically establish notability, nor are they even signed to a notable label. sixty nine   • whaddya want? •  03:42, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Banquet Records reissued both of the bands albums on vinyl in 2012. Jonpatterns (talk) 15:56, 22 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep per Jonpatterns and Egaoblai. --Gpc62 (talk) 05:56, 23 November 2017 (UTC)


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