Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Love Coma


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The result was no consensus. Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:09, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Love Coma

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The band released two albums on minor labels and two members went on to perform in Sixpence None the Richer, but there is no notability here. Walter Görlitz (talk) 02:29, 23 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete no references to prove notability.  Jay Jay What did I do? 03:44, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Technically, that's not a valid reason. We are supposed to confirm that there is no notability in the band. If we find notability, we mark it as keep and add references back into the article. That the article doesn't have references means it's poorly referenced, not non-notable. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:04, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * What I ment is the band is non-notable with no references to prove it so fails WP:NBAND AND WP:GNG  Jay Jay What did I do? 17:38, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 05:24, 23 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep. Two albums, one on R.E.X. Records, members of SNtR, plus Chris Taylor appears individually notable (there's a lot more coverage of him than is currently cited in the article on him, including an entry in Encyclopedia of contemporary Christian music). There are several sources discussing the band, e.g. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music: Pop, Rock, and Worship, Raised By Wolves: The Story of Christian Rock & Roll. Nowhere obvious to merge, so keep it. I can't see any benefit to the project from deleting this. --Michig (talk) 20:45, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Mark Allan Powell's Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music has a single column that discusses them on p. 542. It spends a fair bit of space on discussing Michael Roe as their producer who they sound like than covering the band alone. It's about as much space as many other non-notable bands in the tome. The first of the two links is over-limit so I can't see it. The second seems to mention them only in passing. I don't believe that these amount to suitable coverage. WP:BAND 1. "Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable, not self-published, and are independent from the musician or ensemble itself." What I'm saying is that the covering appears to be trivial. Did CCM, Harvest Rock Syndicate or 7 Ball do any features on them? --Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:15, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I can now see the first link and it's a passing mention of the band. Purely trivial. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:25, 30 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete I'm not seeing the WP:SIGCOV required to meet WP:NBAND. Notability is not inherent despite the successes of the band members. The sources Michig found were trivial at best, Raised By Wolves: The Story of Christian Rock & Roll is only a photo Matt Slocum and the only mention of Love Coma in the caption below; nothing in-depth. Mkdw talk 00:18, 6 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep I suppose this meets WP:BAND criterion 6 "ensemble which contains two or more independently notable musicians". I suppose the notability of Matt Slocum could be argued invalidating my !vote but Chris Taylor is notable with 32nd GMA Dove Awards nomination. J04n(talk page) 11:24, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, LlamaAl (talk) 16:40, 8 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep - meets WP:BAND criteria 6, as per J04n, however the article is little more than a stub, and doesn't really add much value. Tiggerjay (talk) 23:52, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Not enough info. Albums weren't on a big label, and Two Tons of Steel is only borderline notable at best. Having just one truly notable member ≠ GNG. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 03:10, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:BAND criterion #1. Beyond what Michig already identified, I found several other sources and have added them just now. In addition, both The Dallas Morning News (16 May 1998: G6) and the San Antonio Express-News (1 May 1998: H22) refer to the band as "critically acclaimed" which suggests that there are other reviews available in reliable sources that are likely hard to access because they are from the 1990s. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 18:43, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
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