Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Boyfriends (Filipino band)


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The result was   keep. Withdrawn (non-admin closure) Edgepedia (talk) 12:05, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

The Boyfriends (Filipino band)

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No claims of notability. My db-band tag was removed on the odd claim that being signed to a major label makes them notable by default. Where does it even say they are signed to a label, let alone a major one? The Mark of the Beast (talk) 18:17, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep  Delete. Can find no evidence of notability per WP:GNG or WP:MUSIC, and no sources are provided in the article. One of their albums does turn up in last.fm, where a total of 19 listeners are indicated. Granted, their name makes searching difficult, and my Tagalog is not all that it could be, so if anyone can unearth solid WP:RS sources, would be happy to re-evaluate. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 19:03, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I've changed my mind, per Pmresource's links and further research done on the back of that. I'll have a go at buffing up the article, accordingly. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 01:36, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: Several of their hit songs were revived by many artists. For instance, Dahil Mahal Kita was made into a Vilma Santos movie theme song here (newspaper). This song was revived by Ogie Alcasid. Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal was revived by Lea Salonga here  and Dingdong Avanzado here . The song was even made into a movie of the same title (blog with scanned paper movie poster). Their hit songs continue to be hit songs by various artists every time these are revived. It's hard to find reliable online sources on them right now because most of those reliable sources have been published on paper long before the internet and scanners became popular. Pmresource (talk) 20:18, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:59, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:00, 17 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep They repeatedly topped national charts in the Philippines, a lot of their songs have been revived by younger artists, and they're considered classics in OPM rock. The only real problem is their heyday was during the 70's, the 'hippie decade' of the Philippines, which makes finding online sources difficult. A problem shared by other music performers from that era like Cinderella (not the American metal band), Asin, Hagibis, Juan de la Cruz Band, and Hotdog. And yes, the fact that their name isn't that extraordinary makes searching difficult. Googling for individual songs, however, will give you a better idea of their notability. --  Obsidi ♠ n   Soul   03:26, 17 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Based on the sourcing, I will withdraw this. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 05:34, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
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