Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Starchildren

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 redirect‎ to Billy Corgan. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:35, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Starchildren[edit]

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Lack of reliable sources, no real notability. I tried redirecting to Billy Corgan as a compromise, but this was rudely reverted. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 14:03, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Illinois. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:09, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm not sure why you think that the Chicago Tribune and Pitchfork aren't reliable sources, and I'm also not sure why you think that my reversion of your blanking an article instead of sending it here was rude. hbent (talk) 10:52, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You accused me of performing an end run around deletion. Is that not rude? Rather than assume good faith, you accused me of being sneaky, which is blatantly false.

Read the articles you seem to think give this project notability; they barely mention Starchildren. How does that warrant keeping an article about a project that never did anything besides playing a few shows? Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 13:18, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Billy Corgan - I agree with the nom that the sources being cited in the article do not count as coverage for the topic, as they barely mention it. They have no actual discussion or coverage on it, they simply have a single sentence stating that it was a side project of Billy Corgan. Searching for additional sources only turn up the same kind of coverage - single sentence mentions of the band being a very brief side project of Corgan's that released one original song. It is already listed in the infobox on Corgan's article, though a sentence or two can probably stand to be added to the body of the article mentioning it. Rorshacma (talk) 14:49, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Billy Corgan - It's true that Starchildren were mentioned in a couple of reliable publications, but as nothing but a little-known and unorganized side project. They only had two songs and three shows, and at least one of those shows was a gimmick in which some members of Smashing Pumpkins amazed the crowd by opening for themselves under a different name. This is of fancruft interest to the Smashing Pumpkins community, but there is no concrete or even encyclopedic information that can support an article here. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 17:41, 14 July 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.