Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magistrates (band)


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The result was   keep or "nomination withdrawn", take your pick (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:07, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Magistrates (band)

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WP:PROD tag removed by author - a music group that fails WP:MUSIC per and  - the latter is mostly a collection of trivial blog mentions/listings. The criteria for ensembles is not met for an indie band given a lack of releases.  Wisdom89  ( T |undefined /  C ) 21:38, 22 April 2009 (UTC) Withdrawing the nomination on the account of independent second and third party sources brought to light by Paul Erik. I'd do a non-admin closure, but getting ready for work.  Wisdom89  ( T |undefined /  C ) 13:05, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  --  Wisdom89  ( T |undefined  /  C ) 21:39, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  --  Wisdom89  ( T |undefined  /  C ) 21:39, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Delete Looks like an obscure English band has made a Wikipedia article to advertise. No reason to keep, as this is a very non-notable band. mynameinc 21:48, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment They had a nice article in the Guardian. Is XL a "major label?" Has their record made it into the charts somewhere? Seem on the bubble between keep and delete. relative to WP:BAND. Edison (talk) 04:02, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * XL is a fairly well known indie label, yes, but I can't find any information regarding this group and its relation/business with the record company. Here is allmusic, here is Rollingstone, yahoo! news and yahoo search - combined with the google news search. I'm just not seeing the necessary notability to satisfy inclusion criteria.  Wisdom89  ( T |undefined /  C ) 14:31, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, this is xl recordings.  Wisdom89  ( T |undefined /  C ) 14:33, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn delete Proved notability. mynameinc 14:03, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Here is the link to the Magistrates page on the XL Recordings website in response to Wisdom89. Adam2201 (talk) 13:28, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep since the band got two non-trivial mentions in The Guardian, one in the Essex Chronicle  and one on BBC Essex . And The Observer Music Magazine called the band "one of the 20 best new acts of 2009".   Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 22:11, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as the band have had mentions on the NME website Here, and also two mentions in the physical magzine (although I am finding it hard to find digital versions of these articles). Adam2201 (talk) 13:35, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Update Here is one of the articles from the physical NME magazine (scroll down to the 30/03/09 issue). Adam2201 (talk) 14:29, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets WP:MUSIC, as demonstrated by User:Paul Erik above. sparkl!sm hey! 07:35, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I agree that the article meets WP:MUSIC. Adam2201 (talk) 13:31, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
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