Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Spooky Men's Chorale


 * 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 no consensus - CrazyRussian talk/email 20:14, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

The Spooky Men's Chorale
I'm not sure about the notability of this group. Few Google hits anyway... --Missmarple 06:27, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. Satisfies WP:WEB due to the band's large amount of press covserage, as shown here, and a nation-wide U.K. tour. tmopkisn tlka 06:54, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * When I said WP:WEB, I meant WP:MUSIC, sorry about that... tmopkisn tlka 21:05, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:MUSIC. Admittedly gets only 117 distinct Ghits, but appears to meet guidelines per making a national tour of Australia, and a tour of Britain.  Tychocat 07:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as it fails WP:V w/o any WP:RS. Doesn't seem notable with only 353 google results.  —   pd_THOR  undefined | 15:59, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per pd_THOR. According to this fanpage(?) the UK tour hasn't happened yet.  Don't know if this qualifies for Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Acyso 23:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * comment with a nod to Acyso, I need to have my research verified.  Can someone check my research regarding the Aussie tour?  I'm thinking that for WP:MUSIC, Australia is a large enough country to satisfy a tour of a "medium to major" country.  If that still stands, my nom is unchanged.  Tychocat 18:19, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I can't confirm the Australian tour, and I now realize that the UK tour hasn't even started yet. However, they still meet WP:MUSIC thanks to press coverage, and will meet another one in early September. tmopkisn tlka 21:16, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * tmopkisn, the press coverage you describe is from the band's own webpage. Can you verify these articles independently?  Also, of these four articles, only two of them (the one from The Courier-Mail and the Sydney Morning Herald) come from newspapers with articles on Wikipedia.  I can't say that just because a band has been mentioned in two large papers makes it particularly notable. Acyso 22:15, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I admit, it's is somewhat of a grey area, and I guess it depends on your own personal beliefs. Anyway, I was only able to confirm one of the two "notable" reviews, although to see the actual text you would have to pay. The Courier-Mail's Server was broken or something, so I couldn't use the search function, although I doubt it'd still be there anyway, as it was from December of 2004. tmopkisn tlka 06:22, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:MUSIC. I'm basing this on good faith that the reviews and articles on their website are real and actually appeared in the publications they're supposed to have appeared in.  Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  09:08, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Andrew Lenahan, under what criteria on WP:MUSIC are you using to justify keeping this article? Three of the articles from their webpage  are written around March 2006, presumably the time of their tour of Australia, but none of them actually mention a tour of Australia. Acyso 15:51, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, there're from Australia, so I see little reason to doubt that they've toured there. Besides, there's also their UK tour. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  15:42, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I can't find any explicit source that mentions that they have had an Australia tour; as I've said, none of the articles on their website confirm nor deny this. Acyso 13:31, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.