Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Time To Think (band)


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 02:58, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Time To Think (band)

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This band may not be notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia. The band has never played live, and has produced three albums. One of the songs was, accordingly to the article, 'surprisingly' once played on BBC Radio. Richard Cavell (talk) 02:14, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

The band has been, however, linked within Wikipedia stemming from very notable bands The Apostles and Academy 23. The lack of gigs was a choice at the outset and coincided with the underground, DIY punk ethic nature of the band within the punk movement at the time. As noted, they had releases spread far and wide which is notable within the confines of the scene at the time. The surprise of the radio play is notable in that the band remained loyal to the underground scene, but someone outside that scene (at the BBC no less) had considered them notable for airplay. The band were also the reason for the synthesis of Thinking Time Records which also released records for notable groups including Academy 23. Pw3uk (talk) 02:56, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

I've added a couple of wiki links to hopefully contextualise my comments (esp. the DIY ethic). Maybe I am doing the band a disservice with certain parts of my entry, but, again, considering the context of the music scene within which the band was a part, I thought they were necessary to include. Comments more than welcome! Pw3uk (talk) 03:18, 27 November 2008 (UTC)


 * delete? Doesn't look like it passes anything 'Criteria for musicians and ensembles' from WP:MUSIC. Or does it?--Dacium (talk) 03:30, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete for failing to meet the 12 criteria. Completely non-notable project of 2 people who link to disambig pages (or are red linked).   Esradekan Gibb    "Talk" 04:12, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:18, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the link to WP:MUSIC. It passes on the criterion of a notable member, Andy Martin of The Apostles. Both members of the band were members of Academy 23, a band of notability. The links to notability would be strengthened via the Thinking Time Records and (moreso) Unit wiki-links, were they existing. The lack of these pages existing again does not necessitate non-notability. However, should the inclusion of this band page fail, may I instead suggest a redirect to Academy 23. Pw3uk (talk) 19:47, 27 November 2008 (UTC) 
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.   -- Raven1977 (talk) 23:42, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 03:27, 2 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete: notability not established, per WP:MUSIC. JamesBurns (talk) 05:30, 3 December 2008 (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.