Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shoreline (band)


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:45, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Shoreline (band)

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A disbanded musical group from Hampshire, England that appears to fail WP:N and WP:BAND. Custom searches such as and  are not providing any coverage. Northamerica1000(talk) 03:17, 30 November 2012 (UTC) --Jerzy•t 16:01, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - I am listed as the creator of this article, and I was notified its nomination, but I actually created shoreline, which got moved to Shoreline (Indie Band), which got moved to Shoreline (band). I created "shoreline" as a redirect to shore, but the article history makes it look like I made "Shoreline (band)" a redirect to "shore". I do not need any help with making myself look crazy, so it would be nice if there were some indication of what actually happened. Even the logs of the "Shoreline (band)" article show no activity whatsoever. I only figured out what happened when I checked the logs for "shoreline" and "Shoreline (Indie Band)", which show the moves. Anyway, the band appears to be non-notable, and the article should be deleted unless notability can be established. Also, what is now a redirect to the article, Shoreline (Indie Band), should be deleted along with it. Finally, it would be nice if the actual creators of such articles were notified of its deletion, not the guy who created a redirect. I am not positive, but I am pretty sure something like this has happened to me before. I am not blaming the nominators, especially given the situation with the article logs. I am just saying it would be an improvement. -- Kjkolb (talk) 05:16, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello Kjkolb. You were automatically notified when Twinkle was used to nominate this article for deletion. I've notified editors regarding this deletion nomination, per the redirects you provided above, at User talk:The Canadian Roadgeek/Main and User talk:Jerzy. I've also placed a notification at User talk:Dickforex, because this editor then started the article after your redirect was created (about a different topic), and also at User talk:86.13.68.176, because this editor then changed the article's topical focus in 2007 to be about the band. Northamerica1000(talk) 08:24, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * For the record: The prominent mention of being disbanded could suggest to some that cessation of an entity is evidence against the notability of its topic, while a verifiable terminal event only adds (however slightly) to the information available about it, and thus arguably to its notability.

--Jerzy•t 16:01, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, pending further evidence. In this specific case, at least two acts (each apparently lacking a WP article) and the 4 potential musician bios Matthew Phelps, Matthew Cartwright, Rebecca Halpin, and Thomas Ashworth (or Matt Phelps, Matty Cartwright, Becca Halpin,  Becky Halpin, Thom Ashworth, and Tommy Ashworth) have this band as part of their backstory. The content should not be discarded without consideration of keeping part of the content in other articles, or creation of articles that would link to the nominated article.


 * Delete. This could have been A7'd. There's no claim of importance at all in the article, and the band doesn't come close to meeting any of the accepted criteria set out in WP:NMUSIC. --Michig (talk) 19:12, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 20:01, 3 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. I cannot find any evidence that the guidelines for inclusion set out at WP:MUSICBIO are met. — sparklism  hey! 13:48, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
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