Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The mason affair


 * 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. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 08:22, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

The mason affair

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CSD reversed by admin, stating notability was implied in that they have toured internationally. However, the article states that only members of the band have toured, not the band itself. Further is without source. Upon review for outside sources on notability I find none. Only conclusion I can draw is this page is for self-promotion. Author is also largely using the page as a sandbox and tweaking and making edits, including deleting my first attempt at tagging for speedy deletion. This is the first AFD I have created, so please let me know on my talk page if I did anything wrong in the setup. Thanks. Sulfurboy (talk) 10:18, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment I've cleaned the article up somewhat and I ended up removing most of the hotlinks because they were unusable as reliable sources. Many of them were to non-notable blogs, with one entry being just a listing for the band rather than an actual review. I'll see what I can find, but I've been looking and there's not much out there. On a side note, I don't see where Fredonia Records is a notable enough label to warrant keeping the band under #5 of WP:BAND. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 10:52, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. I cannot see where this band has received any sort of notability that would have them pass WP:BAND. There is a lack of reliable sources reporting about them, they haven't won any sort of awards, none of their songs are in a national rotation, the band itself has not been part of a national tour where they received attention (although the article suggests that individual band members have on their own), and none of the musicians are so notable that they would keep the article under #6. Much of the qualifications for WP:BAND boil down to "having reliable sources", which this band lacks. I found primary sources, junk hits that came up under "Mason Affair", and the occasional non-notable blog hit, but nothing that would show notability.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 11:02, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Tokyogirl.  GregJackP   Boomer!   11:40, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * • Gene93k (talk) 14:10, 7 August 2012 (UTC)


 * clear delete, not notable. Hairhorn (talk) 14:50, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete relying on the fact that being mentioned on a magazine article as its source doesn't seem to make it notable. Bleubeatle (talk) 08:03, 11 August 2012 (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.