Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sore Throat (punk/new wave band)

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The result was delete‎. ^Complex/_Rational 17:16, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sore Throat (punk/new wave band)[edit]

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No evidence that this band is in any way notable. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and England. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Can only find mentions of individuals with sore throats, nothing about a band. Gnewspapers doesn't have anything. Oaktree b (talk) 22:27, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - They were a pre-Internet local punk band so sources will be tough to find today, which may be unfair, but unless anyone can find anything in old magazines or punk history books, there is simply not enough with which to build a viable article here. Note that the article attempts to use an AllMusic bio page, but that page is just an empty placeholder and I suspect that it mixes up two bands of the same name. I can find no pro reviews or historical discussion for their one album either. The band is briefly mentioned at the article for one member who moved on to other things -- Matthew Flowers -- and the band could possibly be redirected to him, though I doubt that the current title is a likely search term. Finally, if the band article survives this process, it needs to be cleaned up severely. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:12, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: not much notability, unfortunately; did play on The Old Grey Whistle Test (video), but other than that I haven't found much. I don't think this is worth a redirect; the search term is fairly unlikely and Flowers wasn't really a frontman, just a manager/co-songwriter/keyboard player. Darling ☔ (talk · contribs) 19:02, 3 December 2023 (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.