Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spontaneous Combustion (bluerock band)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 10:40, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Spontaneous Combustion (bluerock band)

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After reading through the article as well as the references, I don't see how it fits with WP:N. The first reference appears to point to the Walnut Valley Festival "Biography" of the band which reads like an WP:ADVERT for them. The second points to the bands own website. The third and fifth are articles with the Wichita Eagle (Paywall). Fourth is an article with the Manhattan Mercury (Paywall). The sixth is with Sing Out Magazine (Paywall). - Fumitol &#124; talk &#124; cont 03:32, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
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 * Strong Keep as all the "paywall" articles undoubtedly are reliable significant secondary sources. And WP does not require that the sources are online and free. See WP:PAYWALL. Cavarrone (talk) 12:32, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Leaning Keep - Per the paywalled news sources and paywalled magazine source. Northamerica1000 (talk) 08:49, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep As user:Cunard noted in the history, the news sources show that the band passes WP:BAND. Per WP:N, the requirement is for the topic to have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject and the four news sources, although behind paywalls, show this. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 09:43, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
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