Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paris, Texas (band)


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 21:07, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Paris, Texas (band)

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Non-notable defunct band. Tagged for lack of WP:NMUSIC since 2011. Time to flesh it out or clear it out. — JFG talk 20:25, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. WP:BAND #5 says a band "may" be notable if they've released two albums on "one of the more important indie labels (i.e., an independent label with a history of more than a few years, and with a roster of performers, many of whom are independently notable)". They don't meet any of the other 12 criteria of WP:BAND I don't think so let's look at #5.


 * They released one album on New Line Records which is an arm of Warner Bros. (but the film studio, and so not part of Warner Music Group or Warner Bros. Records I think), but anyway New Line Records has released several albums by blue-linked artists so I guess they qualify as a "label... with a roster of performers, many of whom are independently notable" even though they're an an arm of large film company and not really an indie label, if you want split hairs and think it matters (maybe it does, I'm not a music maven). And then they released an album on Polyvinyl Record Co., which is an indie label and which has roster of quite a few blue-linked artists, so I think they qualify.


 * So that just means they may qualify. But they also have some EPs on these labels, and they have an actual bio with words and stuff on Allmusic.com. There's a long quote in the article from CMJ New Music Magazine (whatever that is) but there's no ref. Here is something about them on Last.fm, which admittedly is Last.fm. So it's questionable whether they meet WP:GNG. The Allmusic.com bio is half of what they need. I'm going to vote that meeting #5 of WP:BAND, and also having some EPs on top of that, and also being on Last.fm and other random places like here on MusicBrainz (whatever that is) is enough extra sufficient to squeak them in as a borderline keep. Herostratus (talk) 21:27, 22 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep - the band meets notability standardsMasterknighted (talk) 22:55, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Releases and coverage sufficient to establish notability. Coverage includes:, , , , , , , , . --Michig (talk) 06:28, 23 July 2016 (UTC)


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