Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mad Rad


 * 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   keep. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 09:03, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Mad Rad

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The group appears to fail the notability of WP:BAND. Some of the references on the page are simply blogs other self-published sources. Several are simply news articles of the band getting banned from clubs after a brawl. And all but one of the rest just gives quick mentions of the group or upcoming performances. The only article that briefly mentions something notable is from Spin Magazine giving them an award. Inks.LWC (talk) 01:26, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Inks.LWC (talk) 01:28, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Inks.LWC (talk) 01:28, 20 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep A Google News search found several articles on them from the Seattle Times. Bulldog73 talk da contribs  go rando 01:31, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete The band is smart to have a Media list, my problem is that I was only willing to click on one link after getting the general impression that all of the sources are from Seattle.  Moving on, I don't agree that brawling does not "attract attention".  If there were a bands of Seattle article, maybe the material could be merged there.  Unscintillating (talk) 21:15, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep WP:Notability exists independently of the existence of an article on Wikipedia or the content of any such article.  By only looking at the content of the article, nominator has not advanced an argument for deletion, which is Speedy keep reason #1.  Unscintillating (talk) 21:23, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The only other sources I found were mentions of the brawl at the night club, which is not something that makes the group a group that remains noteworthy. Inks.LWC (talk) 04:04, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll redact the sk, also. Unscintillating (talk) 04:22, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * That was my bad - I thought I had said that in the AFD wording - must have been somewhere else. Inks.LWC (talk) 17:42, 26 September 2011 (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) 00:01, 27 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep The Seattle Times returns a lot of results in Google news archive search. This  for instance proves the band is notable.  It gets coverage.  Searching for results without "Seattle Times" in them, shows various hits, such as this one.    D r e a m Focus  11:24, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
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