Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martini Ranch


 * 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. Liz Read! Talk! 05:16, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Martini Ranch

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Requesting that this be merged perhaps with Bill Paxtons page. I have tried to find ways to support that this page meets Wikipedia general notability guidelines for musical groups, but the more I try the more I am swayed in the other direction.

1) I have been unable to source information on Martini Ranch aside from their sole album on sites like Discogs, Allmusic. The second album listed does not appear to be Martini Ranch per se so I think fails Wikipedia:Notability_(music) criteria 5. 2) Unable to source any song on the album or the album itself (Holy Cow) on any music chart from any country, criteria 2. 3) The link to the official website under external links does not appear to be relevant to this band. It appears to be in chinese, does not translate under google translate, and appears to be some sort of advertising site, but I am not certain of this. 4) I scoured billboard magazine issues between July 15th 1988 and December 1988 and found only 1 semi-substantial reference to martini ranch, noting only that the song Reach from Holy Cow was under heavy rotation on Night Tracks, a 14 hour per week broadcast show, for 1 week. page 54 (pdf page 70). The only other mention of Martini Ranch is page 46 (pdf page 68) where there is a brief mention of Martini Ranch being in an interview segment for The Beat Goes On. Uncertain whether this is video, audio, or print. 5) I can't find that it necessarily satisfies any of the other notability guidelines.

Please keep in mind that I simply wish to open discussion - for and against the notability (sourced of course). If reliable sources can be found to support it then I am not against keeping it. On my end however I have come short of this, and so am proposing deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ckorr2003 (talk • contribs) 16:37, January 19, 2022 (UTC)


 * Comment This discussion page was created without the afd2 template and not transcluded to a daily log. Fixed now--I have no opinion on the article itself at this time.   If you wish to nominate other articles for deletion in the future, please take care to fully follow the instructions at WP:AFDHOWTO.  Thank you.  --Finngall talk  16:50, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – AssumeGoodWraith  (talk | contribs) 09:04, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Band covered by AllMusic, Billboard, Trouser Press, and others; sufficient to pass WP:MUSIC. See, , , , , . Chubbles (talk) 17:04, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:18, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep because of the sources that Chubbles found. Cullen328 (talk) 18:41, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep per sources presented by Chubbles. Geschichte (talk) 09:26, 1 February 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.