Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Neos (band)


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The result was delete. Tone 19:40, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Neos (band)

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Band with no strong claim to passing WP:NMUSIC and no strong reliable source coverage to support the article. Their only releases were 7" singles, not full albums, so the only real notability claim here is that they were purportedly an influence on other, much more notable bands -- but that's being referenced to a podcast and a user-generated directory of local bands in their hometown to which the band were able to submit their own self-published PR bumf, not to any evidence of real reliable source coverage in real media, and the only other source present here at all is a Q&A interview with a band member in another podcast, being cited only to support that the band played fast. Podcasts, interviews in which the band members are speaking about themselves and directory entries are not notability-supporting sources, however, so none of this is properly referenced at all. The notability test for bands is not just the ability to offer technical verification that they existed -- they have to pass a specific NMUSIC criterion, and that has to be supported by much more reliable and independent sources than just podcasts and the band's own self-published PR. Bearcat (talk) 16:07, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:13, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:14, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment I found an article in the Times-Colonist stating that they "are deemed by many to be the most influential band ever to hail from Victoria"--complete with a quote attesting to their influence from J. Mascis. They were also included in a documentary about punk rock in Victoria and it seems that they were important in that scene: one local artist says "The Neos and Nomeansno are huge influences when it comes to Victoria and those are bands that you can name check to people in the outside world and those are ours; those bands are our hometown heroes."  IntoThinAir (talk) 17:27, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   18:16, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete No evidence of notability. Trillfendi (talk) 23:19, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Beyard508 (talk) 00:46, 12 May 2019 (UTC) Confirmed sock puppet user - striking vote.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   16:05, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:GNG and possibly WP:SOAP. Syndicater (talk) 22:05, 13 May 2019 (UTC)


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