Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dusty Rhodes and the River Band

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The result was Delete. Particularly for lack of verification for any notability. We can't just go by google hits. Tyrenius 01:38, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dusty Rhodes and the River Band[edit]

Delete this music group fails WP:MUSIC and is not notable; was tagged speedy but tag was removed - still not notable. Most content added by user who is brother of a band member - see history and talk page, so seems a little vanitycruft too. Carlossuarez46 21:16, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletions. -- -- pb30<talk> 21:23, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep - The COI issue concerns me, but they have toured/performed with notable acts, the band's name brings up a ton of google hits, and they appear to have been around for a while. More refs need to be added though. --Bongwarrior 21:31, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep for now. Band has 141,000 ghits, including a number of reviews. Article needs definite copyedit work and additional citation. --Nonstopdrivel 00:46, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- What search string did you use? I get about 80% less putting quotes around the name. Carlossuarez46 21:19, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Still, with 15,400 ghits (using quotes), there is evidence of notability. There are plenty of Wikipedia articles on figures with far fewer search engine hits, and as I stated, this band does have reviews with other websites. --Nonstopdrivel 03:03, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Among those hits can any that rise to a Wikipedia reliable source be found? I see Wikipedia, mirrors, and announcements of the group's concerts usually be ticket sellers, the bar in question, or what have you? Does that make a band notable? If so, let's just chuck WP:MUSIC out and fixate on whether the venues that a band plays hypes the sales of tickets via internet. This is a group without a chart appearing single, right? Many groups with a chart appearing single are not notable what differentiates these guys. Carlossuarez46 20:07, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
delete - A single, future and undocumented album does not a notable band make. I can't find anything on the 'net about the band besides trivial coverage (per WP:BAND, event listings, ticket sales, etc). Coren 22:25, 18 June 2007 (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.