Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mínus


 * 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  k eep. - Mailer Diablo 15:30, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Mínus

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Is this band really notable? There are various claims in the text, but the references are all YouTube links! Suggest that this article is either significantly improved, or else deleted. And yes, it is yet another vague band article... Robinson weijman 13:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, and if this is deleted then so should Hey Johnny!, Jesus Christ Bobby and Halldór Laxness (album). Robinson weijman 13:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep has a detailed AMG page, at least 2 albums on a real label, reviewed in several notable publications. Article needs improvement, but that's not a reason to delete. --W.marsh 14:46, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep seems notable enough, passes WP:MUSIC. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  15:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. Not sure.  If the article is deleted, the three albums in the "see also" section must also be subtracted (ha ha). YechielMan 18:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - I do not understand the comment above, "Seems notable enough". Try Googling Mínus Iceland... almost nothing comes up.  Robinson weijman 20:27, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Then it's a good thing we don't include topics based on how many google hits they get! --W.marsh 21:06, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed, but that is not an argument for notability. I noticed you have added an external reference to assert notability.  Great - do you want to add that to the original article?  And is that sufficient to assert notability (I'm not competent enough to judge this)?  And may I politely request that people who state here that the band is notable back it up with a link (as W.marsh has done) rather than just state they are notable? Robinson weijman 07:20, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The band is notable, but I suggest cleaning the article up; especially the links. Acalamari 23:23, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Just because a band isn't hugely popular in the US doesn't mean it isn't notable. Ask any Icelander who is even a little in touch with the music scene and they'll have heard of Mínus. Maybe we aren't as large of a country as the US, but we have as much of a right to Wikipedia as Americans do, and plenty of us speak English. I agree that the article is in definite need of cleaning, but I always thought one of the beautiful parts of Wikipedia was that you could find obscure things on it that you can't find in normal encyclopedias. 207.75.39.11 02:49, 30 March 2007 (UTC)Sigurjón Leónarðsson 22:44, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: Wikipedia is not about rights ("our right to Wikipedia"), and that was not why I highlighted this item for deletion. In this case, the subject is notability.  You say it is notable in Iceland.  Great - add the proof to the article, for the benefit of those of us not resident in Iceland.  Then the article won't be deleted.  Robinson weijman 06:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: Here are just a few sources I found with some brief research: http://www.tonlist.com/ViewArtist.aspx?AuthorID=3646 http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/9903 http://www.icelandairwaves.com/artists.asp?pageID=&artistID=38 http://www.skratchmagazine.com/cd-reviews/CDreviewsAUG03.php http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/article/?id=41911 https://www.smekkleysa.net/news/?id=61&year=2007#news http://www.drownedinsound.com/event/view/1114 That's not to mention some online articles from the Icelandic cultural newspaper the Grapevine: http://www.grapevine.is/default.aspx?show=paper&part=fullstory&id=697 http://www.grapevine.is/default.aspx?show=paper&part=fullstory&id=593 http://www.grapevine.is/default.aspx?show=paper&part=fullstory&id=1624 http://www.grapevine.is/default.aspx?show=paper&part=fullstory&id=1405 I would quote some music charts, but I don't have the time to spend hours on the computer researching and writing articles (hence why I don't have a real account on Wikipedia), but I know they've hit the charts here in Iceland. Plus, they've toured America, and they are on a new, larger record label now, not to mention that Smekkleysa (a.k.a. BadTaste) is notable enough as they have released stuff by the Sugarcubes (they formed it after all), Björk, Sigur Rós, as well as some perhaps less famous, but still known abroad bands. They may not be the biggest band in the world, but at least we're not talking about Lárus Sigurðsson or something here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.75.39.152 (talk) 04:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC).


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