Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Williams College Octet


 * 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. -- Dark Falls  talk 09:46, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Williams College Octet

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Non-notable college a cappella group. There are no references to independent, published sources or even an unsourced claim to meet a notability criterion at WP:MUSIC. Take it to Acapedia, or a similar site, which does not share Wikipedia's notability requirements. Savidan 23:55, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Is "one of the oldest a cappella groups in the nation" not notable?
 * What do you mean "one of." They all seem to say that. Unless there are concrete influences on the genre as a whole documented in reliable, independent sources, then no. Savidan 19:59, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Delete. No independent sources to establish notability. What's the deal with all these college a cappella entries? Cap'n Walker 20:37, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak delete Per Savidan's nomination. Not seeing multiple independent and reliable sources with substantial coverage, so fails WP:N. No evidence of satisfying other standards such as WP:MUSIC. Its great that they get together and sing, and do occaasional concerts, but that does not make them more notable than, say a community band or even a recreational softball team. Edison 20:13, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Do NOT Delete. This group was used by Bruce Leddy (Williams class of 1983) as the basis for the movie "Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace" along with the Williams Octet alumni group "The Lemmings". This film recently won the audience award at the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival and as such makes this group notable. This information can be found at http://www.indiewire.com/people/2007/04/indiewire_inter_69.html Ddubs054 19:33, 9 August 2007 (UTC) — Ddubs054 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Article doesn't really have much information about the group or even talk about the group as though it were a notable or well-known group. I'm not sure this is a terribly notable award, and ever less sure that the film itself would qualify for an article. Someone recently made an Academy Award nominated film about a group of street children; that doesn't mean that group is notable enough for an article. Savidan 02:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Are you saying that if a group of street children featured in an academy award winning film wanted a wikipedia entry you would deprive them of it? Heartless. What if the street children could sing in harmony?
 * Delete non notable and nowhere meeting WP:MUSIC. Nuttah68 08:55, 12 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Don't Delete Reference is now added
 * Note: this is the same "reference" discussed above. Savidan 19:29, 13 August 2007 (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.