Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Broadside Electric

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Keep (non-admin closure)—all articles. Ruslik (talk) 14:36, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Broadside Electric[edit]

Non-notable band that fails WP:MUSIC. Sure they have a page at Allmusic, but nothing at all is written about them there. Its just a trivial mention, not enough to warrant notability. indopug (talk) 08:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages (their albums):

Keep and tag appropriately for lack of references. Hmm, delete articles on the band and their 5 albums stretching back to 1992? The lack of an allmusic biography doesn't convince me that they're not sufficiently notable. They appear to have toured - verifiable from Googling the band - and have received sufficient coverage, I believe, to have an article here ([1],[2],[3],[4],[5]).--Michig (talk) 09:11, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't heard of any of those sources, are any reliable? indopug (talk) 09:29, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would have thought Dirty Linen would fall into that category, Green Man Review possibly. I only looked at the first few pages of google hits, so I would guess there's more out there.--Michig (talk) 09:37, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure about Dirty Linen, but Greenman definitely isn't reliable; they invite people to send them stuff to review and put up on their website. "What will we do with your product? We'll attempt to find an appropriate reviewer who will do a comprehensive write-up of your work." indopug (talk) 09:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Probably right about Greenman. There's plenty of evidence of their touring though (e.g. [6], [7], [8]) and they get a mention (albeit trivial) in the book Tales, Then and Now: More Folktales as Literary Fictions for Young Adults by Anna E. Altmann, Gail De Vos ([9]). Apparently (though not from an independent source) Broadside Electric are 'Philadelphia's most famous folk band', and performed on the main stage of the Philadelphia Folk Festival ([10]).--Michig (talk) 14:02, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(outdent) Would touring constitute an important indicator of notability? That New York Times mention is pretty much the classic definition of trivial mention per WP:MUSIC: "newspaper articles that simply report performance dates or the publications of contact and booking details in directories". What the band's website has to say about the band is obviously not going to be neutral; its completely irrelevant.

I still think there is too little about the band in reliable sources apart from touring schedules to warrant notability. indopug (talk) 05:42, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Seems to be notable enough. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 07:46, 16 July 2008 (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.