Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Starkweather (band)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. Cirt (talk) 22:56, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Starkweather (band)[edit]

Claim to notability is for having "pioneered" their sound, but there is no reference to support this claim. Signed to indie label that does not appear to lend to the band's notability. No charting singles or compilation album participation. No notable members. Delete. لenna vecia 12:43, 12 June 2009 (UTC) لenna vecia 12:43, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- I'^mperator 13:25, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It seems a little unfair to expect a hardcore punk band to be able to show charting singles. A cursory google turns up coverage in a newspaper and a music mag, and the article already cites coverage at allmusic. They appear to be well clear of the bar. Flowerparty^☀ 13:41, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Flowerparty, sufficient sources exist to meet the general notability guideline/C1 of WP:BAND. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 18:20, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Faints. Did Ten Pound Hammer just argue for... keep? I'll say Keep too, as not every band gets called "One of the forefathers of the hardcore-metal movement" by MTV.[1] Fences&Windows 18:17, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Article had been deleted earlier for the same reason of non-notability on 16 December 2007. I had asked (User_talk:East718#Undelete Starkweather (band)) the deletor to undelete the 27 edits. Jay (talk) 06:45, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Sufficient coverage has been shown to establish notability. Davewild (talk) 16:50, 20 June 2009 (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.