Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skin (Japanese band)


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The result was   keep. -- Cirt (talk) 05:44, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Skin (Japanese band)

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Group composed of notable Japanese musicians, but the group itself has only performed together once four years ago, never toured, never released anything, and has done nothing since. Therefore, I feel that this is a more a case of inherited notability due to individual members rather than "being composed of notable musicians"; which seems to be invoked with groups that actually release things and perform. This group barely meets criteria one of WP:BAND, and fails all others except the aforementioned notable musicians. All that being said, one performance that wasn't even in their home country, with no releases, no tour, and no set dates re: actually doing anything even when asked in repeated interviews is very much "temporary notability". It's exactly the same as say, Jimmy Page performing on tour with Paul Gilbert - it has happened, and they are notable musicians, but we don't have an entire article on the collaboration, nor should we. The prod was contested due to continued interest in the band being shown in interviews, but the context of those sources amounts to throwaway statements like "yes, we'd like to do something at some point, when we're not too busy with our other groups," in the context of larger-scale interviews, not a solid statement of intent. MSJapan (talk) 18:41, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - Even you seem address that they meet point #6 as far notability goes. Not the best article, but it does pass, and does have some sources supporting it... Sergecross73   msg me   18:55, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - It seems more comparable to Tapeworm (band), which was worked into a good article... Sergecross73  msg me   18:58, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm ok with deleting this article - they were going do something, then X Japan reformed instead. However, is there a place part of it could be merged with?  I'd think it would be better as a short paragraph in another article, but I can't think of the best place to put it. Denaar (talk) 23:30, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:25, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:33, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:34, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Weak Keep - I think they have just enough coverage to pass the notability guidelines, and also technically pass WP:BAND by being a group that is composed of notable members. Calathan (talk) 01:35, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per BAND#6 - "Is an ensemble which contains two or more independently notable musicians, or is a musician who has been a member of two or more independently notable ensembles".  Lugnuts  (talk) 07:51, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.