Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UIC (band)


 * 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.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 21:07, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

UIC (band)

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I've declined my own speedy tag on this article after sources were added that assert some marginal notability, however it is not enough to meet WP:MUSIC. Delete.  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 18:25, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Keep Band is a notable garage rock band in Canada. They were from Toronto but their notoriety was bigger than that, as they had followings in Montreal, among other cities, as stated in the The Gazette articles I put as references. Thet also have well-known records on well-known Canadian labels like Og Music and Fringe Product, they've been active for YEARS and had some of their songs covered by other bands. They opened for Deja Voodoo on many of their tours, almost all canadian fans of Garage rock know that band and many international fans too. They are mentionned multiple times in Frank Manley's book about Canadian punk, "Smash the State", which denotes a notability in punk rock and garage rock circles. Terveetkadet (talk) 18:53, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

And besides that, User:Blanchardb only wants to delete my page because he's frustrated that I told him what I thought about his practice of submitting a page for "speedy deletion" SECONDS after it was created... I'd prefer if User:Blanchardb stopped trolling my pages Terveetkadet (talk) 19:07, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Keep I add to my explaination as UIC has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician or ensemble itself and reliable, i.e. the Frank Manley book, the The Gazette Articles. They also have released two albums on one of the more important indie labels. Og Music and Fringe Products are among the more important indiel labels in Canada, going from the end of the '70's to early 2000 in the case of Fringe and from 1983 to 1990 in the case of Og Music. They are also one of the most prominent representative of garage rock in Canada, among with the Gruesomes and Deja Voodoo. Terveetkadet (talk) 19:07, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm neutral here, but I just want to let you know that these aren't your articles. (By the way, I struck your duplicate !vote.) Erpert (let's talk about it) 19:24, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:49, 13 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment: If I can find consensus that this source is enough to establish the band's notability, I'll add it to the article (done) and withdraw my nomination. I found this which, while trivial, puts the subject at the same level with Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, whose notability is beyond question. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 00:48, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * So are you withdrawing then, or...? Erpert (let's talk about it) 07:20, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Not just yet. But I'm leaning towards a withdraw. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 23:39, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - Sourcing is abundant enough to establish notability. It's likely that there is more print sources available that haven't been made available online given the era in which the band were active. -- Whpq (talk) 16:12, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Exactly, Whpq, but everybody is waiting for the all-powerful new page patroller His Holiness User Talk:Blanchardb to make his difficult decision about withdrawing or not withdrawing His request to destroy this page... He's hesitating cause each new page He doesn't effectively destroy is considered a failure by His Holiness... Terveetkadet (talk) 11:51, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm just curious about one thing. Why would someone with such dark plans go out of his way to find sources that might save articles, and why would he bother actually posting his findings? --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 02:20, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. The accusations of bad faith against Blanchardb are silly, but the page is rather good. The sources are significant and prevalent enough for WP:BAND as far as I can see. Alzarian16 (talk) 18:12, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
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