Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Powder (American band)
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The result was no consensus. Sandstein 11:17, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
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Article about a band, offering no strong or properly sourced evidence that they pass WP:NMUSIC. The only notability claim here is that they and their music exist, with no indication whatsoever that they achieved anything encyclopedic with it, and the only footnotes are a fan club website and a discogs.com entry, with no evidence of any journalistic coverage about them in any real media shown at all. As always, every band is not automatically entitled to have a Wikipedia article just because it's technically possible to verify that they existed -- notability requires quantifiable achievements, and it requires real coverage in real media to support them. Bearcat (talk) 20:14, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 20:14, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 20:14, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- Keep/merge to Phil X. There's a reasonably substantial bio at Allmusic ([1]) and an album review ([2]), as well as a live review from LA Weekly ([3]) and a brief piece that mentions them writing for another band ([4]). There isn't a lot of content here that isn't already in the Phil X article - whether there's sufficient scope for expansion or whether this is best covered in the Phil X article is the real question here. Nominator really needs to take note of WP:BEFORE and WP:ATD. --Michig (talk) 12:39, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 04:03, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 12:43, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
- Delete per nom . No evidence of Notability . Fails WP:NMUSIC Samat lib (talk) 13:35, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
- Delete - appreciate Michig's comments, but the title is not what I'd consider an appropriate redirect as it has a disambiguation term in it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:54, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HistoricalAccountings (talk) 17:06, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
- Weak keep -- The problem here is the digital decay of a lot of music media coverage from the '90s; all evidence suggests that coverage existed, the problem is getting a hold of it now. In addition to the above, the band was written up in Kerrang!'s print magazine, via winning the 1999 readers' poll (unfortunately I don't know how to get a hold of the back issue during COVID, but the band's posted a screenshot of the page), and the bio suggests that Kerrang also reviewed either the album or the show (see previous; the quote isn't in that writeup), which would pass WP:BAND criterion 1. (Scuzz would also count if someone were to dig the segment up). Their song being a WNBA/ESPN sync theme (WP:BAND criterion 10) and their Download Festival spot may also count if the external coverage can be dug up. Gnomingstuff (talk) 00:29, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
- Keep per Gnomingstuff. Vaticidalprophet (talk) 16:24, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
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