Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Walls


 * 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. (non-admin closure) McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 13:37, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

The Walls

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Fails WP:NBAND and WP:GNG. Granted with a name like this, searches are more difficult then normal, I however could not find any in my local search. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 17:33, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Bands and musicians,  and Ireland. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 17:33, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Breathless in tone and lacking any independent reliable sources, it clearly fails WP:NBAND, notability cannot be inherited by supporting other bands or recording cover versions of notable bands. Theroadislong (talk) 18:23, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Yes. There are issues with tone and referencing within the article itself. However, deletion is not cleanup. And a lack of sources to support an article's text doesn't equate to a lack of sources to support a subject's notability. In terms of WP:NBAND, the subject meets criteria 2 ("single or album on any country's national music chart"). This is stated in the article and supported by the relevant entry in the Irish single's charts archive. Which confirms that the band charted a single in 2002 (in the Irish top 20 for 3 weeks). In terms of WP:SIGCOV, a quick WP:BEFORE search in national media/news sources (like national broadcaster RTÉ), return coverage and reviews of several albums, evidence of radio play/coverage, and news of performances/etc. Similar coverage appears in national newspapers, like The Irish Independent (2014) and regional papers including Sligo Champion (2005) and Connacht Tribune (2013). Nom notes that own WP:BEFORE was perhaps incomplete. While my own WP:BEFORE was also not tireless, even a quick search has thrown up evidence of national coverage, national air play, charting in national singles chart, etc. Mine is a "keep" recommendation. Guliolopez (talk) 20:37, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep as per the reliable sources coverage identified above and for charting in a national music chart to pass criteria 2 of WP:NMUSIC so that deletion is unnecessary in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 23:12, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notability is enough to warrant an article, though it does need clean up. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 05:21, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment As nominator I do now feel this is a keep and will withdraw the nomination if Theroadislong is of the same mindset, otherwise someone else will have close in a few days. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 12:47, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * yes that’s fine.Theroadislong (talk) 13:29, 6 September 2022 (UTC)


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