Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Cardboards (2nd nomination)


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The result was   keep.  MBisanz  talk 01:49, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

The Cardboards
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Taking this to AfD rather than prod because this may be a case where sources will be pre-intertoobs. Claims of notability are iffy: early band in Pittsburgh punk scene and pioneers of a technique of unknown notability. One album released, no claims of charting or awards. No entry at allmusic, no reviews found at metacritic. Gsearch turns up tons of false positives, and my googlefu isn't narrowing it down well enough. Fabrictramp |  talk to me  14:58, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  14:58, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Keep. I was a student at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh from 1980 to 1983 and I saw them perform numerous times and I loved this band. It was a very original band which was at the same time very much of the moment, and it belongs in any history of punk rock and new wave music. Not everything interesting happens in New York. Erxnmedia (talk) 16:14, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:MUSIC. Appears to also have been deleted before. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  16:33, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete no evidence they pass WP:MUSIC. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 18:10, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep – I've added one reference that helps to verify a little of the article content: that the band was part of the early Pittsburgh punk scene, that the drummer was the subject of a documentary, and that members went on to be part of The Cynics and Hector in Paris (oops, that one is a red link at the moment). Like the nominator, I am cautious when it is a band that likely would have had most of its press coverage pre-Internet. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 22:39, 9 October 2008 (UTC)


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