Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paper Bird


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The result was   keep. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  13:00, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Paper Bird

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I've done some GNews searching and what I'm finding is blog mentions, announcements of places they will play and chatter at sites that likely won't pass RS, but what I'm not finding is the significant coverage from reliable, third parties that get's the groups past WP:BAND. They've never charted, they haven't been with a major label and the indie label they were with doesn't appear very notable. 3 of 5 albums were self-releases, 1 was released by a local record store and the last was the indie label as a re-release. They're probably fine people, but I can't see where they've achieved the notability needed for the article to be here. Niteshift36 (talk) 15:39, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Slightly weak keep. There is enough coverage around, although mainly from sources in Colorado, but there is piece from NPR and a brief article on the AV Club, e.g., , , , , , , , , , . Probably enough, I think. --Michig (talk) 18:22, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I took a look at these. Admittedly, I don't put much stock in local weekly papers like the first one, or in local websites like the other two. The Denver Post one doesn't really sway me much either. The NPR piece is a good one and helps its cause. The one paragraph AV Club one would hardly be "significant coverage", nor would the HuffPo piece about an individual after they left the group. The second Denver Post one is pretty good.....but really, we have two articles from the same paper, talking about the same thing (that there is a collaboration). Incidentally, the last Denver Post source you provided is the article that the first one (the Newsbank) references. So, instead of 3 from the Post, there are two. A couple of these are better, but I'm still thinking that with the limited coverage they are getting being so localized, leaning towards delete is still the way to go. Niteshift36 (talk) 18:35, 29 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep and improve. I found a couple more sources in Highbeam. Still local, but different locale:
 * Th e S te ve  21:40, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Does that mean you will improve it then?Niteshift36 (talk) 00:39, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah. Give me a few days...   Th e S te ve   09:01, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Niteshift36 (talk) 17:35, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:34, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:34, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:34, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:34, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - Passes WP:GNG per the sources presented above by User:Michig and User:Thesteve. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:19, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * comment Ok, I've added a musical style section and cites from NPR, the Denver Post, the Weekly Boulder, Huffpo, and Taos News.  They are a successful indie folk band, *but* only locally successful...   Th e S te ve   08:37, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
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