Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Soophie Nun Squad

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The result was no consensus. WP:NPASR Mark Arsten (talk) 00:37, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Soophie Nun Squad[edit]

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Article fails to substantiate a claim of notability. More than seven years after creation it still has no citations in it. A Google search turns up Myspace and Facebook pages (and this Wikipedia article) but little else in terms of independent reliable third-party sources. None of the record labels mentioned has yet acquired its own page. The talk page emphasizes the outsider nature of the band, but this cannot be the sole basis of an entire Wikipedia article. A simple lack of verifiable non-trivial evidence of notability means the article should be deleted. KDS4444^Talk 07:22, 16 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(Although they DO have a one-line entry at Urbandictionary.com: "absolutly the GREATEST band ever/ i met the members of soophie nun squad (and their hot)" KDS4444^Talk 07:36, 16 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arkansas-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:35, 16 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:35, 16 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that Soophie Nun Squad passes the #7 on WP:Band. They were very prominent in the Little Rock music scene in the 90s and 00s. They play a prominent roll in the documentary Towncraft that documents that period of Little Rock music history.

http://www.towncraftmovie.com/timeline/little-rock/2006/soophie-nun-squad-european-tour

I was able to find a few more sources, let me know if these are viable.

http://www.enoughfanzine.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=c8dk2von4s6urm8q8vovfqe75a96vg5m&iID=70&view=interviews_detail
http://fastfude.org/topic.php?id=11698

I would also like to point out that a simple Google search brings up way more than you claim. They were a widely known band that toured extensively and has sold a lot of records, albeit independently, as evidenced by the sheer volume of sites with Soophie merchandise.

--The_stuart (talk) 20:25, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The problem I have with these two final sources is that neither of them provides a name of an actual author. When no author is provided, questions of reliability and independence get raised. Can you find any articles that have a named author? That would go a long way towards establishing notability. Also: the claim to satisfy #7 of WP:BAND still requires that the information be verifiable— that is what I have not been able to establish. Next: I do not think (I may be wrong here) that appearing in a documentary can be considered evidence of notability. If I am wrong on that point, I would appreciate being shown some examples to the contrary. Finally: I did not mean to suggest that a Google search does not produce many, many hits on the name of this band— it produces thousands. What I meant was that none of the results I found through a Google search appeared to constitute reliable independent secondary sources of information. Sheer volume does not equate to notability. KDS4444^Talk 00:22, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:26, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KTC (talk) 15:09, 2 November 2013 (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.