Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ship of Fools (band)


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The result was delete. Clearly the required sourcing hasn't been found. Spartaz Humbug! 06:53, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Ship of Fools (band)

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Non-notable band. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 16:59, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

A short-lived English neo-progressive/space rock band. I doubt their notability. They were a great band, but I think they are not notable for Wikipedia. The article is sourced to Prog Archives and Discogs, both of them are unreliable. I did a Google search and I found an Allmusic biography (which is good news imo), but other than that the usual stuff came up: social media pages, streaming service pages and lots of shops where you can buy their albums. Where is the notability? Most of the results are also about a Grateful Dead tribute band of the same name. I found some album reviews, but those sites look like blogs. When I searched for their albums, i.e.: Let's Get This Mother Outta Here and Close Your Eyes (Forget the World), I found nothing else but streaming service entries (Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music etc), shops (Amazon, eBay, Media Markt and lots of other shops I have never heard of), the usual unreliable stuff (Discogs, Prog Archives, Rate Your Music) and the aforementioned reviews, unfortunately like I said, those sites look like blogs which is never a good sign either. The Allmusic source is the only one that could provide some notability, but it's not even presented here. So, in conclusion, Ship of Fools seems like a band that made no waves when they were active, and certainly not now. Fan pages, song lyrics, databases and shop sites do not cut it when we are talking about reliable sources. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 16:58, 3 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 17:01, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 17:01, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Weak Keep as there is a staff written bio on AllMusic which often indicates that more sources are available. Will do a full search tomorrow, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 00:22, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 13:54, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Couldn't find much more, only this short bio on SputnikMusic here. For other searchers please be aware that there are at least four bands with this name, imv Atlantic306 (talk)


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