Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Montana Skies

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Bsherr (talk) 03:27, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Montana Skies[edit]

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Non-notable band! GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 18:19, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

American band (actually, duo). The article does not contain any sources at all, just an MP3 download site (and there is a warning that the link is forbidden). Great, huh? It gets better. Google search did not turn up much better (same old, same old: databases, social media pages, retail sites, stuff where the words are separated since they have a really common name, concert sites, yadda yadda yadda). Btw they are not even from Montana, just like Hannah Montana. :) (Sorry, I had to crack this joke.) Unlike Hannah Montana, they are not notable for WP though. Back to topic: The article has been sitting here since 2007 (!) with a primary sources tag on it since that year. Actually there are no sources in the article (an Mp3 download site that is not even available?! Come on!) But anyways, this is just another case of me scratching my head and wondering how an article like this can stay here for such a long time. (Results on Google) GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 18:16, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 18:16, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 18:16, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 18:16, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I found coverage in the South Bend Tribune, Al.com, and a newspaper out of Knoxville. They all include concert announcements, but there's some decent prose about the band in them. [www.southbendtribune.com/entertainment/inthebend/eventnews/montana-skies-create-new-dawn-for-music/article_e9a5fbaa-fced-11e2-af8f-001a4bcf6878.amp.html] [www.al.com/entertainment-times/2011/11/montana_skies_to_bring_cello_g.html], [1]. I'll give it another look later. I'm not quite ready to say keep/delete. Hog Farm _Bacon 18:50, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay, here's a working link for the Al.com piece, it's a bit on the brief side [2]. Here's the link for the South Bend Tribune piece [3], it looks decent, too. I'm gonna say Weak keep on this one. This isn't a whole lot, but it looks like enough to meet WP:GNG, if only just barely. Hog Farm _Bacon 21:45, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The Knoxville Sentinel piece looks great. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 19:18, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The "Al.com" link is okay, it talks about Montana Skies, even though it is a concert promotion. The "South Bend Tribune" is not available to me because I don't live in the US (I freaking hate this btw). GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 18:08, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as well as the above mentioned sources there is also an AllMusic staff written bio here to go with the press coverage, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 23:03, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I don't think the Al piece meets SIGCOV, but the South Bend and Knoxville cites do. Not much clearance, but just enough. Ravenswing 16:21, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep they seem to have enough coverage to meet the notability guidelines, but just barely. --Adamant1 (talk) 13:36, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Leaning towards keep now. I changed my mind about the Al one, it is not okay because it is a concert promotion. Even though it talks about Montana Skies it has a very promotional tone. We can exclude that. I am still not convinced that they are 100% notable but the sources are good so I think the article can be kept. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:40, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Weak Keep I think this squeaks past the notability threshold and even though we're not supposed to WP:CRYSTAL and can see this getting more coverage in the future. // Timothy :: talk 21:03, 18 August 2020 (UTC) // Timothy :: talk 21:03, 18 August 2020 (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.