Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Addis Black Widow

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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. Strangnet was kind enough to provide a source that demonstrates how this band meets WP:MUSIC and I've added the ref to the article. Since we've already proved Godwin correct again here, I don't think there is much reason to continue this discussion.--Isotope23 14:33, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Addis Black Widow

Article was previously deleted speedy, recreated in a different form, PROD'd, deproded, and now I'm brining it here. This band does not meet the WP:MUSIC criteria. My opinion is that it should be deleted.--Isotope23 18:27, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Where are the Prod discusssions? Why are all the links to .se links? This is English WP. TonyTheTiger 22:25, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Comment Foreign-language sources are not disallowed, see WP:V. But foreign sources should (as far as I understand) a) be of exceptional quality and b) be quoted in a way that explains to English-speakers what the source contains.--Bonadea 22:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

if you two had any interest in music you would know that addis black widow are like one of the worlds biggest rap band/matrix17

Somehow I doubt that hyperbole, but if you look below Strangnet has asserted notability and sourced it... which is what should have been done in the article in the first place.--Isotope23 00:44, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Comment Matrix, you have been told MANY times that articles need to be verifiable. The external links in the article do not assert notability. Most of them just mention that the group are in Melodifestivalen (and apparently ended up at the botton of the field). Surely the world's biggest rap band has sources you can quote in an article about them?--Bonadea 22:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Doesn't appear to meet WP:MUSIC notability criteria.--Bonadea 22:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Changing to keep per the sources in the article currently--Bonadea 08:34, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep but in need of expanding. If one of the criterias in WP:MUSIC is to have charted success, Addis Black Widow fulfills it with their "Goes around, comes around" a couple of years ago. It was difficult not to go through a day (during several months) without hearing the song in any setting (tv, radio and whatnot). It managed to claim 12th spot on Swedish Radio Chart Tracks marathon table of 2001 [1] --Strangnet 00:03, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
That certainly would meet WP:MUSIC. I've stricken my opinion above. I didn't find this source when I was looking into possible notability here.--Isotope23 00:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Fair enough (though I would contest the assertion that it was difficult not to have heard that song ;-) Thanks, Strangnet! --Bonadea 08:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per Strangenet. Vints 10:21, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
  • if anyone of you actually new swedish and new about this band you COULD find out that the story is perfeclty true. but as usuall eveyrone trys to be MR FANTASTIC and always puts deletions on articles they know nothing about. or as i call you MINI HITLERS(matrix17
  • Keep per Strangenet. Also agree that this article needs lots of work. However, only keep if someone is prepared to sort this article out. Cream147 16:23, 4 February 2007 (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.