Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ambergris (band)

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The result was delete. Appears to be WP:TOOSOON. Fails WP:GNG and WP:MUSIC. Thanks everyone for participating and assuming good faith. Missvain (talk) 18:37, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ambergris (band)[edit]

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Non notable musical band that fails to satisfy WP:BAND. A before search turns up nothing cogent and in all they lack in-depth significant coverage in reliable sources independent of them. Celestina007 (talk) 21:51, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Celestina007 (talk) 21:51, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Celestina007 (talk) 21:51, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Celestina007 (talk) 21:51, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nomination. Definitely does not appear to be notable. Bebopjohnson (talk) 17:26, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

New York Times coverage of the band and Salon.com, L.L.C. have also been added to the profile.

Mike Jan of the New York Times highlighted this release noting a rock band had been formed that utilized a latin sound.^[1]

Benjamin Wheelock, in his article for Salon Magazine, "You Must Hear This! 'Ambergris'" further notes that Jerry Weiss the band's founder went on to work with Al Kooper playing trumpet and another instrument.^[2]

The New York Times coverage and Salon.com Magazine are two independent sources of coverage of the band Ambergris.

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 18:50, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment — Thus far you have provided two sources which you claim validates the notability of the band, the first one is a good source but one good source doesn’t meet our notability threshold. The second source reads like an opinion piece. Celestina007 (talk) 00:37, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Will Hermes in his book, Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever, indicated that Ambergris was a rock band in the mold of Blood, Sweat and Tears influenced by Harlow's studying Cuban music in Havana.

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I've added Will Hermes Book that references Ambergris from the publishers Farrar, Straus and Girous/Macmillian. Thank you. Best regards to everyone currently providing input.

It's not a question of being able to verify that they existed, it's a question of being able to verify that they accomplished something that would pass an WP:NMUSIC criterion. (Also, you definitely need to learn what a Wikipedia article is supposed to look like, because this...isn't it.) Bearcat (talk) 16:01, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 09:38, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete As per nom and all above, clearly fails WP:GNG. Frigidpolarbear (talk) 16:19, 27 April 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.

^ Jan, Mike (April 5, 1970). "New Rock Band Uses Latin Touch". New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
^ Wheelock, Benjamin. ""You Must Hear This! 'Ambergris'"". salon.com, L.L.C. Salon. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
^ Hermes, Will (2011). Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever. Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Macmillian. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-86547-980-7.

[1] Jan, Mike (April 5, 1970). "New Rock Band Uses Latin Touch". New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

[2] Wheelock, Benjamin. ""You Must Hear This! 'Ambergris'"". salon.com, L.L.C. Salon. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

[3] Hermes, Will (2011). Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever. Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Macmillian. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-86547-980-7.

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