Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tendencia band

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) TheChronium (talk) 22:07, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tendencia band[edit]

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Article about a non-notable band in Cuba. Possible WP:PROMO, doesnt meet WP:NMUSICBIO, "most important band in Cuba", "Most important band in Latin America this are weasel words repeated in the article.

From a search on Gnews you can find almost nothing for a band that is expected to be "the most" known band in Latin America. TheChronium (talk) 10:59, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. TheChronium (talk) 10:59, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. TheChronium (talk) 10:59, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cuba-related deletion discussions. TheChronium (talk) 10:59, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - If this article survives it needs to be cleaned up drastically, especially the title. Yes it is loaded with weasel words and is probably copied from a poor translation of their website. But the band really does have some reliable coverage. In English they tend to receive relatively brief mentions in stories that are about the Caribbean or Latin American metal scenes (many of these are already in the article), but they occasionally get more extensive descriptions like in this one: [1]. They have received more dedicated and non-trivial coverage in their country's media, such as these: [2], [3], [4]. Whether those Cuban sources are truly reliable, I will leave for further debate. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:31, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep per Doomsdayer. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 08:43, 24 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Leaning keep: Doomsdayer520 has said it all really – it needs a serious clean-up, but they've gained enough attention outside their home country to have had their debut album reviewed in Germany's leading heavy metal magazine [5]. I would imagine that being a metal band in Cuba is not common in that country, and to have stuck around for 20 years under a communist government unsympathetic to their style of music would indicate they are one of the leading exponents of the genre in that country. It's also unlikely that they would have been given much coverage in national media, or that for most of their existence there was much in the way of media that wasn't controlled by the government anyway. The fact that they have been mentioned outside of Cuba in respected metal magazines like Metal Hammer and Rock Hard suggests that they do have some degree of notability internationally. Richard3120 (talk) 14:39, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I volunteer to clean up the article if it survives this process, and thanks to Richard3120 for the additional German reference. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 17:13, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as per the multiple reliable sources coverage identified in this discussion such as Metal Hammer, Rock Hard and cuban sources that show a pass of WP:GNG so that deletion is unnecessary in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 00:10, 30 April 2021 (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.