Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taken (band)


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  20:51, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Taken (band)

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Fails WP:NBAND. The article references bear the same name as the creator of this article. No reliable secondary sources found. Rogermx (talk) 19:30, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. L3X1  ◊distænt write◊  19:47, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. L3X1  ◊distænt write◊  19:47, 13 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Seems to fail WP:BAND - nothing in Irish singles chart or UK singles chart, no major album releases (of any kind), no evidence of notable awards, etc. Also fails WP:GNG - any coverage that is available is of the type that NBAND specifically precludes (trivial coverage of performance dates, reprinted promotional material, etc). At best a case of WP:TOOSOON. (FYI - In a note on the contested speedy in Sep 2015, it was suggested that mentions on the Independent.ie and BBC NI websites might indicate some notability. However, the latter seems to be just a photo - no content. And both the former and the latter, as far as I can tell, seem to relate to a completely different group of people than those listed in this Wikipedia article....) Guliolopez (talk) 22:43, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Guliolopez, thank you for all the research you did on this. Rogermx (talk) 01:44, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment:, – having spent some time trawling through the social media accounts of the various people involved, it appears that in fact the two groups of people are (in theory) the same band... the original four members were all sacked at the end of 2013 and replaced with the current younger and prettier threesome. This appears to be a classic case of WP:TOOSOON at present – the band may break through and become famous some day, but at the moment all the current line-up has to show for their efforts is a short tour in 2017 (which didn't sell out most venues) and a cover of a Sam Smith song released on their website. Richard3120 (talk) 22:43, 15 April 2018 (UTC)


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