Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Authorities


 * 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. Tone 19:16, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

The Authorities

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Declined speedy, listing for broader consensus. Article subject seems to fail WP:BAND. Only real claim to fame is that the drummer for Pavement recorded them once, and also played drums in a different band formed by a member of THIS band. &lt;&gt;Multi-Xfer&lt;&gt; (talk) 06:05, 26 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. Although some of the band members might (or might not) be vaguely notable, the band itself never achieved notability, not during their short career (they played one single live gig) nor posthumously. McMarcoP (talk) 10:18, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  -- the wub  "?!"  10:37, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Don't delete. The band played more than one single gig. I don't know where McMarco gets this information, but it is absolutely wrong, I saw them many, many times. They probably played about 100 gigs throughout the west coast, from Southern California up to Canada. They appeared on multiple compilation lp's and cd's and are often cited as an influnce by modern punk rock bands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.83.243.180 (talk) 04:07, 27 August 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Apologies, the source I had found focused on the "first part" of the band's career, in the '70s, without mentioning their reunion. Can you help by providing more sources? McMarcoP (talk) 08:11, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Speedy delete as CSD G12 copyright violation of the band's MySpace page description. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 03:09, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
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