Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Violence

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 of the debate was delete (Liberatore, 2006). 14:33, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Violence

This band is completely lacking in notability. I placed a notability tag on it on 8 June, but no effort was made to indicate the band's importance. On 14 June, I placed a db-band tag on the article which CambridgeBayWeather changed to a notability prod. This prod was then removed on 16 June by an anonymous user. I replaced the notability prod, but CambridgeBayWeather said that was not appropriate. Hence, this AfD. The band is nonnotable, and despite a high number of edits to the article, and warnings that the notability had not been proven, no significant attempt has been made to prove said notability. Delete. Charles 19:44, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

• Strong delete There is absolutely nothing here close to passing WP:BAND. The article is an advertisement and vanity- it even states that the info is taken from the band's web site and its fans. The band doesn't have a record label (they just list their label as "Indie"). They're completely non-notable. -- Kicking222 20:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Oklahoma Christian street punk? That's definitely a notable (unique??) style, and a cursory glance on Google shows the band is one of the prominent acts of that style, therefore meeting one of the criteria for notability. Parsssseltongue 20:57, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Waaaaaaaaaaaaaait wait wait wait wait... Oklahoma Christian street punk is a style of music, and a notable style, at that? "Oklahoma Christian street punk" gets zero Google hits, and "Christian street punk"+Oklahoma gets three, so I'm not sure exactly how you claim this is true. -- Kicking222 21:21, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • And, FYI, "Christian punk"+"The Violence" gets a whopping 156 total and 87 unique Google hits (including WP and mirrors). -- Kicking222 21:22, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
    • I don't always trust the Google test, especially since there will often be a disagreement on how many Google hits constitutes notability. Do we really have to bicker over every difference of opinion about "notability," because this seems to be the main bone of contention between what I see as two schools of thoughts on Wikipedia (some call it "inclusionist vs. deletionist"). I'd rather we just place our votes and let it be understood we disagree. (Also, you can report the Google hit count without being sarcastic, i.e. the "whopping" comment) Parsssseltongue 21:30, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete since if we ave an article they will become popular and lose their street punk credibility by, like, selling albums and stuff. Just zis Guy you know? 21:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete totally non-notable. --Danielrocks123 23:06, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I know this band a little bit (mainly from myspace) and have heard some stuff from their myspace bulletins.. so I added some information about compilations, interviews, radio time, and their new album. Im not sure what the grounds for notability are but I figured I would throw what I know in there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.154.25.249 (talk • contribs).
• Delete - sorry; I'm not convinced that this band cuts it for wp:band. BlueValour 23:34, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:BAND. SorryGuy 22:58, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:BAND--Konstable 06:56, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

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.