Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Society's Finest


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 03:10, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Society's Finest

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Fails WP:GNG. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:23, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
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Keep Are you saying Society's Finest is not notable? Because if so, Many of their members went on or came from other VERY notable bands, Such as Kris McCaddon and Nick Nowell went on to start The Famine. Tim Lambesis went on to start As I Lay Dying (Personally don't care about that one). And Jesse Smith from Zao joined later on. Vocalist Josh Ashworth also toured with Zao. Metalworker14 (talk) 8:13 P.M. 2 March 2015 — Preceding undated comment added 01:16, 3 March 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * What I'm saying is that they don't meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines at WP:GNG or those that help at WP:MUSICBIO. They need to be written about, but that has not happened here. Niche genre or not. Walter Görlitz (talk) 02:36, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Band covered in publications such as Allmusic (biography, review), About.com (review), Cross Rhythms (review), HM (news article), and Exclaim! (review). Meets WP:MUSIC bullets 1 and 6, at minimum. Chubbles (talk) 07:21, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 00:35, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - these sources are all pretty minimal, and metalcore is not exactly a niche genre - there are many publications covering this genre, and I expect a notable metalcore band to have stuff written about it in detail. Every band has a review on Allmusic. The members who went on to play in other notable bands are still not individually notable (excepting Tim Lambesis). However, the combination of many members who went on to do notable things and coverage (more than trivial, though not by much) which covers a significant time period are indicators of weak notability. I'd like to see more. Ivanvector (talk) 19:34, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * keep You have a point on niche genre, but Kris McCaddon would still be notable at least. He started The Famine and Embodyment, and joined Demon Hunter. Jesse Smith also started Zao with the the members. I personally don't care for Tim Lambesis, but yes he would be notable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Metalworker14 (talk • contribs)
 * I moved these comments back down to maintain the order of the discussion after the relist but I kept your strike. Ivanvector (talk) 02:43, 10 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep, This band with the aforementioned sources, plus two more from The Phantom Tollbooth and Exit Zine, proves they have had significant coverage of their music.The Cross Bearer (talk) 04:40, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
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