Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Farewell (band)

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The result was Delete. They are not quite notable under WP:MUSIC yet, however, when they become more notable, the article should be recreated. The one thing I see is that according to the article, they've only released one EP and one LP, neither of which has charted or been covered in major press. Keilana 04:08, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Farewell (band)[edit]

Contested prod, so here we are. Simply releasing one single album does not meet WP:MUSIC, without charts, awards, etc. to indicate notability. Ravenna1961 (talk) 02:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. jj137 ♠ Talk 03:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:MUSIC. J-ſtan^Talk_Contribs 04:23, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletions. -- DoubleBlue (Talk) 05:10, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Actually, passes WP:MUSIC by (a) having released more than one record (two EPS, one album); (b) having the aforementioned album released by Epitaph Records, the largest true independent in the world, which they joined at the personal request of the founder; and (c) having completed multiple national tours, one of which they are on as we speak. More research, please, people. tomasz. 11:50, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete. Just below the edge of WP:MUSIC. Fails criterion 5. Only one work out on a large independent lable. Fails criterion 4. An eastcoast tour is not a national tour. The fact that Brett Gurewitz scouted them does not make them notable. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 15:55, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

no, an east coast tour is not a national tour, but their other national tours were indeed national tours. "being scouted by B.G." is admittedly not a WP:MUSIC criterion but i rather think it is notable. tomasz. 16:02, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could you link the source for the national tour for those as source impaired as me? That would be a vote swayer for me. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 20:00, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not notable enough for an article under WP:Music yet. May become so at a future date. At present there are insufficient non-trivial secondary sources and the music output is not sufficient. Brett Gurewitz scouting them is irrelevent because notablity is not transferable. A1octopus (talk) 18:38, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Peter Fleet (talk) 09:23, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The cited sources are not Rolling Stone or The New York Times, but there are at least two independent articles, from Alternative Press (which I have now added) and from Teen. The release on Epitaph and their tour, neither on its own would pass WP:MUSIC—but taken as a whole, I think there is enough here for a keep.--Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 06:26, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, per Paul Erik above—arf! 04:11, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep- I think this is a well-done, informative article completely within the standards of Wikipedia.--JP (talk) 22:38, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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