Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WinterKids


 * 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

Nomination withdrawn by nominator, see below. Tony Fox (arf!) 21:01, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

WinterKids

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Non-notable. No achievements of merit. Kingturtle (talk) 17:05, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * comment. This article was previously nominated for deletion, and the result was keep with a call for cleanup.  Tony Fox found links to this band, but did not add them to the article.  W.marsh closed the debate after 8 days and two "votes" back in May07, so it is possible that a second nom is appropriate for greater consensus.  I have to ask though, Kingturtle, did you look in the article's history before nominating, and in a related question, did you attempt to cleanup the article before nominating?   Keeper   |   76  17:59, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I did look at the articles history. There has been nothing added to this article to make it notable. And no, I did not attempt to clean up the article because IMHO a clean up would not make the band suddenly notable. The article's problem IMHO is not that it is messy, but that the band is not notable. Kingturtle (talk) 18:04, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Keep. Thanks Kingturtle for the clarification, I wasn't assuming bad faith there and I appreciate your thorough response. This band, however, appears to meet several of the criteria of our current WP:MUSIC guideline. Some of these points, standing alone, would not notable make, but put together, I think we've got a viable article here in need of cleanup, not deletion:
 * 1. Have been the subject of multiple, non-trivial published works, see, , and.
 * 2. Have an album(s) that are produced by a major record label (in this case, Little House/Columbia Records), one release in Japan, one release in UK
 * 3. Have received radio play on major stations (in this case UK Radio 1 and XFM)
 * 4. Were named "best new act" (informally) for SxSW by a radio DJ
 * 5. Performed at a major venue/festival, SxSW.
 * 6. "Mini" toured the UK at album release
 * Fair enough. I'll gladly withdraw this AfD. I hope that someone can put those items into the article. Kingturtle (talk) 19:42, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I've done the searches (and pilfered a couple from the previous AfD), so I don't mind the work as I've done half of it. It may not be today, or tomorrow for that matter, but it won't be 8 months like last time :-).  Good thing we've got time.   Keeper   |   76  19:51, 14 January 2008 (UTC)


 * My bad! Should've inserted those sources I turned up last time. Bad editor, no treat. As Kingturtle is withdrawing, I'll close this. Keeper76: thanks for the added legwork. Tony Fox (arf!) 21:01, 14 January 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.