Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashtar Command

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The result was Keep for the moment. (aeropagitica) 22:09, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Ashtar Command

My gut feeling is that this band is not yet sufficiently notable, but wanted to AfD it to see what people think. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 20:08, 16 September 2006 (UTC) (In light of discussion below, I think a redirect to Matt Walker (drummer) would also be appropriate.) --Nlu (talk) 23:59, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Keep. Passes WP:MUSIC. Although they seem like a fairly recent band, one or more of the band's members is/was a member of a very notable and distinguishable band. (Matt Walker (drummer), the band's leader, is also drummer with the Smashing Pumpkins) However, I am a bit cautious about the fact that the band in general isn't all that notable yet, and there isn't a mention of the band on the pages for Matt Walker or Chris Holmes. I also see that the article is currently being expanded, and I guess that can shed more light on the band and better assert its notability. --Nishkid64 20:20, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as above, passes WP:MUSIC, specifically "Contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise notable" Guinness 23:51, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
  • I don't think that criterion is intended to automatically make a band notable for Wikipedia standards. Otherwise, one would have to include the band that Bryan Adams formed with boyhood friends "Jimmy" and "Jody" since Adams later became notable. (See Summer of '69.) The criterion you quoted also contains the proviso: "note that it is often most appropriate to use redirects in place of articles on side projects, early bands and such." --Nlu (talk) 23:55, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep for now. If they haven't gotten any more prominant in the future, I wouldn't object to deleting it then.--Cúchullain ^t/c 21:50, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. At least for now. The band does technically pass WP:MUSIC. --- The Bethling^(Talk) 21:56, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep, but isn't anyone going to say something about the other ashtar command? found a lot about it on google, can't quite figure out what it is exactly http://www.luisprada.com/Protected/the_ashtar_command.htm

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.