Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Whip (band)


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The result was   keep. Fabrictramp (talk) 00:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

The Whip (band)

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Non-notable band not meeting the requirements of WP:BAND. Article's author suggests that the given links meet the requirements but closer inspection of them reveals and short puff piece review on the new album (The Guardian), a promotional band page on NME similar to a MySpace page, the contents of which are just gig dates and a couple of trivial write-ups. The author asserts their notability on the basis of their debut album from early 2008 being on a well known indy label.  Web H amster  23:09, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete If not for their being signed to a borderline notable label I'd say A7. Absolutely no notability per WP:MUSIC. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 23:13, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 23:13, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep The band are absolutely notable and the links in the article show this. I have demonstrated that they are "the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician/ensemble itself and reliable.", which means they meet criterion A1, including an interview with the BBC, an album review from the BBC, an album review from the Guardian, an interview with Channel 4, an album review from the Manchester Evening News, an rather substantial article in the Manchester Evening News, and the NME page on The Whip which includes an article about their tour, which may establish notability via criterion A4 although this coverage may not count as non-trivial. Furthermore the BBC interview mentions how one of their singles was selected as single of the month by one of the DJs on BBC6 radio which means the notability criterion A11. Furthermore, as noted in the article their single Trash is included in the Kitsuné compilation Kitsune Maison Compilation 3, Kitsune being a very notable record label that means they meat notability criterion A10. They have released several singles on several notable record labels and their debut full length release X Marks Destination on the (not merely borderline notable, it's owned by Fatboy Slim and has released singles by artists such as Armand van Helden who has had two UK number 1 singles, and Madness) Southern Fried Records label. I don't see how any individual can reasonably claim that they do not meet criteria for notability. Furthermore everything outlined above is all documented in the article which has existed for only 14 hours or so. Given that there are so many sources that assertain the band's notability at this early stage, it seems ridiculous to delete it. Personally I feel it would have been much more productive to add a stub template to the article rather than vote it for deletion so soon, especially since another use had removed the speedy deletion tag because he felt there was enough in the article at the time for it to stand on its own as encyclopedic. Antic-Hay (talk) 01:24, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per Antic-Hay. --Bardin (talk) 11:09, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. The band clearly meet WP:BAND criteria #4 with a UK tour. You only need to meet one criteria to pass. Seraphim&hearts;   Whipp  23:54, 19 May 2008 (UTC)


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