Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/801 (band)

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The result was speedy keep, as withdrawn by nominator, and without controversy. -Patstuart^{(talk)(contribs)} 11:19, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

801 (band)[edit]

Appears to be a band with no claims of notability. Made a couple of albums but no claim of them being massive sellers or in any way groundbreaking. Played a couple of gigs. My current view is that there is no notability here despite Wikipedia's low threshold for music notability and pop culture relative to everything else. I came across this page as a result of the Lloyd Watson page that I tagged for references some months ago and is itself not especially notable. MLA 07:49, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your contributions, it appears that I am not in line with wikipedia beliefs on this. The notability threshold for Music appears to be particularly low in my opinion but the consensus is that this article passes purely on the grounds of containing people who were notable elsewhere so no further debate appears necessary. A withdrawal of my nominiation is in order. MLA 07:46, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Passes WP:MUSIC. Members notable as individual musicians. Multiple albums. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 08:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, meets WP:BAND criteria. Ter e nc e Ong 08:35, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as a band with several highly notable members. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 09:25, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, please reread WP:MUSIC and understand the guidelines for musical notability. We don't just have the biggest bestsellers and groundbreakers here. We aren't paper, so we don't have to limit ourselves. You've said yourself that they released multiple albums (which is a claim of notability), and they obviously have multiple members who have their own notability (which is again a claim of notability). How is this different from, say, The Yardbirds? NOt quite the same, but obviously did enough to write about. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 09:51, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. Easily passes WP:MUSIC; this project contained high profile musicians such as Brian Eno and Phil Manzanera. I sang the live version of Baby's on Fire in the shower through much of my college career. - Smerdis of Tlön 15:12, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep important supergroups. (And I prefer their cover of Tomorrow Never Knows to the Beatles' original.) bikeable (talk) 17:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above.Sharkface217 20:38, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. When creating that article, I was convinced that it matched notability guidelines, so I was somewhat shocked by the nomination for deletion and the given reasons — now I am glad I was right. BNutzer 22:35, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. Eno, Manzanera, Phillips, Monkman, and a great cover of Tomorrow never knows. Their second album adds in Godley, Creme, and Finn (of all people). A veritable supergroup. Grutness...wha? 00:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep - this is an example of an act that became more notable after it broke up, the Buffalo Springfield or the Mugwumps of the late 1970s. B.Wind 01:48, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Eno and Manzanera's Roxy Music connections ensure their notability Yorkshiresky 03:14, 1 December 2006 (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.