Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aja West and Cheeba

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The result was keep. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 21:34, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aja West and Cheeba[edit]

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Non-notable music group; no recordings of note, notable members, or significant media coverage. Fails WP:BAND. TheJazzDalek (talk) 19:02, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —TheJazzDalek (talk) 19:08, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per criterion 8 of WP:BAND, they won an Independent Music Award.J04n(talk page) 21:04, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- WP:BAND #8: "Has won or been nominated for a major music award, such as a Grammy, Juno, Mercury, Choice or Grammis"—The Independant Music Awards are nowhere near the same neighborhood as those examples and is NOT a major music award. TheJazzDalek (talk) 21:59, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree but you are certainly entitled to your opinion. J04n(talk page) 22:43, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure how an award created by a company who sells its products (The Musician’s Atlas + AtlasOnline) to the subjects of the awards (independant musicians) is somehow on the same level as various countries' national awards (Grammy/US, Juno/Canada, Mercury/UK, Choice/Ireland, Grammis/Sweden). But if that's your interpretation, that's your interpretation. TheJazzDalek (talk) 23:40, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete not notable. Reywas92 ^Talk 22:17, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Per J04n. Joe Chill (talk) 22:59, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The music award counts as proof of notability. Dream Focus 03:43, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, not notable. If anything, self-promotion/advertising Alan - talk 05:26, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This article has been nominated for rescue. J04n(talk page) 13:31, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - passes WP:BAND per winning a major award.--Unionhawk ^Talk ^E-mail ^Review 16:48, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Jo4n.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:14, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The Independent Music Awards have a lot of Google News, Books and Scholar hits. They might be less than legitimate, but I think the guideline means to avoid awards such as might be handed out by a local radio station or newspaper. For example, it would not be appropriate to claim notability for The Dudley Manlove Quartet because they won KING-TV's award for Best of Western Washington for the Cascade neighborhood. Abductive (reasoning) 06:57, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed.--Epeefleche (talk) 16:15, 18 November 2009 (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.