Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flobots

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 per WP:SNOW --JForget 23:55, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Flobots

Procedural nom: Contested PROD - originally PROD'd as non-notable band. (I have no opinion on the article.) —Travis ^talk 15:26, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - this continues to be a band which fails WP:MUSIC. It's a classic, "hey: up-and-coming; getting a lot of airplay locally; on the same stage with (marginally) notable bands" not-yet-notable situation. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:31, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the band has a Billboard Chart Position on the Heatseakers chart, but only on the Mountain regional chart. The Mediabase Alternative Chart shows their song "Handlebars" at #25, with it being played on several major alternative radio stations (the band is apparently getting far more than just local airplay). Mediabase uses the same radio stations that comprise the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, which means that the song has a pretty good chance of hitting that chart if it already hasn't. Radio & Records shows the song at #27 this week on their alternative chart. Band is signed to Universal Republic, a major record label. The article could use cleanup though. Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 15:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Doc Strange; Mediabase and R&R are indeed major charts, and the band appears to have a single on said charts. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 16:23, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, as they seem to have been on major charts. There are also several sources that discuss them. They are getting on a major label and will be touring with metallica. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Celarnor (talk • contribs)
Keep, they charted on the Billboard Modern Rock charts at #27. [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.234.197.92 (talk) 22:01, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per everyone and positioning on the charts. --JeebusSez (talk) 11:17, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article is confirmation of the single "Handlebars" debuting on the Modern Rock Tracks chart this week at #27. Seeing as I don't have a subscription to the magazine, the Website only lets me see up to #20 on the charts, but Mediabase and Radio & Records' Alternative charts are compiled the exact same way as the Modern Rock Tracks chart and every other genre chart in Billboard: by radio airplay alone. The article above confirms chart placement on the most well known chart, Billboard's Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 14:06, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as per everybody. Heard this song on the radio this morning, and decided to inquire further. These guys are national, and are on teh Billboard charts. Enough said. Lesserm (talk) 16:38, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep echoing everyone. I actually landed here after hearing the song "Handlebars" on air in Los Angeles. If that doesn't signify relevance, I don't know what does.Radiomantodd (talk) 17:29, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- comment Todd (and fpo), just being on the air in Los Angeles does not constitute notability, not even in the U.S.A.! Read WP:BAND. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:10, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per everyone else. They have received airplay on both KYSR 98.7 (STAR) and the world-famous 106.7 KROQ in Los Angeles... I even think I heard them on XETRA 91.1 (91X) in Tijuana/San Diego, so their hit song Handlebars is international, now. --fpo (talk) 19:29, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but also fix. This article shouldn't read like PR for the band.—Wasabe3543 00:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Fantastic group, and definitely becoming popular. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BBickmore (talk • contribs) 02:15, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- clarification Notability has nothing to do with quality (see WP:ILIKEIT); and "becoming popular" is not already notable (the aforementioned "up and coming" argument). --Orange Mike | Talk 19:10, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I know it does. Did my research above help you at all? If you want further offical confirmation here's Billboard's listing for the song Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 21:33, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.