Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Los Mismos

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The result was keep. The consensus at this point seems clear . DGG ( talk ) 15:05, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Los Mismos[edit]

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Seems to fail the criteria at WP:MUSIC. A google search turns up disappointing results. Also nominating:

:| TelCo NaSp Ve :| 04:26, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~Comment~~ Keep:This music is a little outside my wheelhouse, but if this band has released multiple albums on EMI Latin, doesn't it qualify as notable under WP:BAND#5? "Los Mismos" is an extremely difficult term to search, and there is far more coverage of their former Los Bukis colleague Marco Antonio Solis (whom even I have heard of), but they were clearly notable (indeed, famous) when they were Los Bukis, and there does seem to be at least a little coverage in English of this band under its subsequent name: The L.A. Times:"Los Bukis regrouped without Solis as Los Mismos, and have enjoyed success."[1] San Antonio Express-News: "Los Mismos: Same as they ever were"[2] (pay site, unfortunately). --Arxiloxos (talk) 05:39, 27 August 2010 (UTC) (Changed to "keep" per Michig and Bigger digger. --Arxiloxos (talk) 02:21, 16 September 2010 (UTC))[reply]
- The LA Times article serves only as a passing mention. The rest of the article chronicles Los Bukis. The San Antonio Express-News article reports of a local performance, so certainly would have provided background of the band. Protector of Wiki (talk) 08:03, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- More info: Per a search at Billboard, a number of the Los Mismos albums have charted in the top 10 on the Latin and Mexican music charts.[3][4][5][6] --Arxiloxos (talk) 06:15, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:50, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mexico-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:50, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:50, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. All those albums on EMI, high specialist chart placings, some coverage at Allmusic ([7], [8]), and some other news coverage ([9], [10], [11]). Appears to be close enough to Los Bukis ("Mexico's top-selling romantic grupo" according to Billboard, 23 Sep 2006, and both bands covered in this book) to be merged.--Michig (talk) 19:36, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The two sources from San Antonio Express-News and the one from europapress qualify as WP:LOCAL reports. As for the book source, it appears to provide an account of the band, although I cannot view the rest of the section.
The presence of a profile of the band on Allmusic proves only existence, not notability. Allmusic has profiles for many bands, even non-notable ones by wiki-standard. Protector of Wiki (talk) 08:03, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:LOCAL doesn't apply here. --Michig (talk) 16:46, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DELETE: fails WP:MUSIC and there exists no non-trivial coverage of the band. Protector of Wiki (talk) 07:26, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:BAND criterion 5: "Has released two or more albums on a major label or one of the more important indie labels". EMI falls into that category by anyone's standards.--Michig (talk) 16:46, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
With participation still minimal, I'm relisting this AfD for seven more days. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 13:56, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Michig. Peter Karlsen (talk) 17:42, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Passes WP:MUSIC #5 and #2 (charting album) per Billboard sources [12], [13], [14], [15] and more coverage in The Billboard guide to Tejano and regional Mexican music. Albums are notable as the band is notable, and some are redirects already! Bigger digger (talk) 15:42, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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