Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Girlfriends


 * 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 keep. Stifle (talk) 09:20, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

The Girlfriends

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This article was created in 2009, when notability guidelines were more lax than they are in 2022. As the group briefly came into existence in 1964 and then disappeared just as quickly, it would appear to me somewhat unreasonable that online sources should be mandatory here. It would appear - from unreliable, user-generated sites like Discogs, at https://www.discogs.com/artist/1050826-The-Girlfriends - there really was a trio of this name. Given the undoubtedly notable artists, producers and record labels mentioned here, it would appear to me that a deletion discussion would be the better option that outright speedy deletion. As always, more than happy to be proven wrong. Pete AU aka Shirt58 (talk) 09:56, 15 May 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 11:20, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Women.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 10:51, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Music and California.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 10:52, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete World Radio History has music magazines going back to the 1950s, which is enough to verify that they charted. However, searching the song title and/or various band members' names on that same site yielded no results other than the charts themselves. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 18:17, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Cashbox Jan. 18, 1964. p. 38, their search is weird, I found on google with insite:worldradiohistory.com "my one and only jimmy boy". WikiVirusC (talk) 16:57, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Merge into The Blossoms. BD2412  T 18:33, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep The group meets WP:MUSIC just as much in 2022 as it did when I created it in 2009. The nominator gives a whole bunch of other good reasons to keep the article - this group was formed out of two other notable groups, worked with important producers, and released on a noteworthy label, alongside having a Billboard Hot 100 chart hit. Chubbles (talk) 05:30, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep - Charted single on Billboard Hot 100. My One And Only, Jimmy Boy. For week of February 8, 1964 had been there for 7 weeks peaking at #49.(Billboard 2.7.1964,first charted 12.28.1963) At worse merge to The Blossoms, but them charting is documented. I've added links to 3 of the book references currently cited references in article. . GNG sources can be hard from 60s, but passes WP:BAND #2 & #6. Cashbox sigcov:Jan. 18, 1964. p. 38  WikiVirusC (talk) 16:57, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per sources recently added.Jacona (talk) 11:29, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - group charted per NMUSIC, therefore it is of encyclopedic interest to music historians, etc, not just a random topic. This is subject to WP:V, however, though this is met.  The article is informative about the group, so it is more than a definition, per WP:WHYN.   78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 18:43, 30 May 2022 (UTC)


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