Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suckerpunch (band)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   delete. This also deletes the other band whose article it overwrote but who (like this one) would qualify for WP:CSD. JohnCD (talk) 17:15, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Suckerpunch (band)

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This page came up as a Random Article. After tidying it up, I thought again and considered the band was not notable enough for a Wikipedia entry. A Google search (careful - there are lots of other band with this name) reveals no independent reliable sources, just Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and the like belonging to the band and/or its members. The band's own Facebook page says they are unsigned. Emeraude (talk) 10:17, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Hmm, a band formed last year who are about to (and now presumably have?) recorded a debut EP. Best of luck to them but a few other people will need to write about them before Wikipedia can have an article on them. --Michig (talk) 12:49, 7 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment - While I'm all for a very low inclusion bar for popular culture — the vast scope of coverage of such things is one of the things that makes Wikipedia great, in addition to the Serious Encyclopedia Part — a band recycling a name, starting in 2011, with zero recordings in the world is pretty much short of any informal metric conceivable. Carrite (talk) 15:12, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:46, 7 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Just for the record, I should note that the article as it currently stands is a fairly recent overwrite of another article about a different band. That said, that other band's article also didn't have any reliable sources (relying entirely on a tumblr and a blogspot) or any real claim of notability (their only listed release was one side of a split 7" single) either, so I'm not suggesting that it should be kept — but nonetheless it's worth being aware of the fact that this kind of thing happens sometimes. Delete both bands forthwith. Bearcat (talk) 04:33, 15 May 2012 (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.