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


 * 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. Black Kite (talk) 22:06, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

The Sticks
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Previous AfD (against an earlier incarnation of this article) failed when the previous article was speedily deleted. This band appears to fail all aspects of WP:BAND. Half of the links given are dead, the other half are YouTube links and thus not reliable sources. Safiel (talk) 05:15, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

 Weak Keep . The previous incarnation of the article was speedied because the original author blanked it, not because any consensus was established, though it did seem that the article would have failed at that time anyway. I don't see that any members of the band would confer notability or are even notable themselves. However, I know this is a stretch, but their claim to having played a gig at the highest elevation in the UK is perhaps notable, and has a verifiable reference. YouTube of course should not be used as a reference, however the other linked articles although dead now would have been published at one time and might be available to a dedicated researcher to improve this article. Ivanvector (talk) 16:54, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Here is a review by the BBC, although it's very short and not particularly favourable. Ivanvector (talk) 16:56, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I repaired one of the dead links to a valid review indicating the band has "already gained a esteemed reputation and a posse of loyal fans." !vote changed to keep. Should also be renamed to The Sticks (band) or (UK band) as appropriate, to disambiguate from The Sticks (album). Ivanvector (talk) 17:11, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete How does any of that pass wp:BAND? Neonchameleon (talk) 21:58, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I was suggesting that any of those things would have satisfied WP:BAND if they were independently covered. I checked & revised some more of the refs in the article, but I am now seeing that all mentions of the band are published in just one newspaper, which happens to also be located in the town where the band is from. And actually the two that I found were published on the same day. I didn't find any reference to their "highest elevation" gig (that link is also dead). Therefore I now also !vote delete. It's possible they may have been notable at one time but they are not now. Ivanvector (talk) 22:25, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:21, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:22, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
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