Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Empires (band)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 06:12, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Empires (band)[edit]

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notability in question Ubot16 (talk) 11:40, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. —Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 18:58, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 18:58, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak keep~~. A decent article, but I could not find support for any of the WP:BAND notability criteria except for possibly #1, in the references section. Not sure if that's enough. GregorB (talk) 10:19, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Abstain. GregorB (talk) 12:52, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as article fails notability criteria for bands. Their albums are self-released and they have not won any major award. Armbrust ^Talk _Contribs 19:54, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The latter is true, but what about WP:BAND #1 (i.e. coverage by independent sources)? I am myself unsure if these are sufficient, but I'm willing to err on the side of caution. GregorB (talk) 20:34, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think Absolutepunk ([1], [2]) which is a forum and Youtube are not reliable. Two reliable sources are not enough. Armbrust ^Talk _Contribs 20:58, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutepunk is not really a forum, but it seems to feature non-professional reviewers, which would make it a non-RS. I'm abstaining. GregorB (talk) 12:51, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Utterly non-notable. Fails WP:BAND. First album was free download, and second album is on their own record label??? Give me a few dollars and I'll create a more notable band. Cresix (talk) 01:30, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Do I need to explain? The references here are a joke. There are five "references," three of them are interviews, another is a press article, and the last is a profile on some sort of forum. Obvious that this should be deleted. Might be a speedy on CSD A7 for a band. This should be closed due to WP:SNOW. JeremyMcClean (Talk) 01:45, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Notabilty is pretty much zero, also no Allmusic page to verify anything. The album HOWL will also need to be deleted. Mattg82 (talk) 19:01, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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