Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Fading

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 01:36, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Fading

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I feel like this should be discussed. It's a borderline meet of WP:NBAND at best, not seeming to meet any other criterion than perhaps #7: "Has become one of the most prominent representatives of a notable style or the most prominent of the local scene of a city". The scene in question being Israeli melodic death metal. And maybe not that either? Geschichte (talk) 19:50, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Israel-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 19:57, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 19:58, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This article failed WP:BAND as the band is non-notable. They failed to chart since formation and every source I found is unreliable, non-independent, trivial, and poorly sourced. They never appeared in local or national news, which is one of the major factors this band is non-notable. Based on what I searched on Google, the band rarely appears, even on news articles. With that being said, The Fading should never have a Wikipedia article. A2013a (talk) 23:07, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Their album has several reviews (see here) so that's a good start. I am neutral at this time. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 08:07, 25 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@GhostDestroyer100: Album reviews don't count as criteria for notability. See WP:INHERITED for more information. A2013a (talk) 11:45, 25 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I came from huwiki where they count as reliable sources. But the rules are different here, I know, so I say they aren't notable because I couldn't find anything reliable about them anyways, but that's partly because of the bland name. Anyways, if this goes, the album should be nominated as well because it's just as unnotable. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 18:40, 25 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Is it just me, or is the picture at the top of their article a laughably incompetent Photoshop job? (Magnify it and look closely.) Be skeptical on whether they ever played for a crowd that big. Anyway, the band has gotten some minor notice at specialist metal zines (e.g. [1]) and a few blog-like album reviews here and there. Just not enough significant and reliable coverage to satisfy the notability requirements here, and the article is dependent on fan sites and social media. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:22, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:NBAND #1. gidonb (talk) 02:33, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment @Gidonb: Can you provide some examples of the band meeting WP:NBAND #1? Qwaiiplayer (talk) 12:17, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Seddon ^talk 23:40, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Clearly fails WP:SIGCOV and WP:NBAND #1 for lack of quality sources that are independent and contain significant coverage. The sources in the article are unreliable such as social media websites like Facebook and blogs. A BEFORE search yielded nothing; although it's possible Hebrew language sources exist either offline or behind a paywall in a newspaper article. Does not meet any of the other NBAND requirements either.4meter4 (talk) 19:36, 9 September 2021 (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.