Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carry On (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 delete. W.marsh 14:38, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Carry On (band)

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Contested prod. Article makes not claims to notability, but I'm not an expert. Dchall1 23:34, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I vote to keep. I have edited the article to make restrict the scope of the notability claims it makes. I also have added a source and when I get time I will add more. Also as stated on the articles talk page, it fits Wikipedias notability requirements. Mpete510 00:01, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Not notable by any stretch of the imagination. Only source is the band's website, and that flunks WP:RS: a band doesn't create notability for itself by putting up a website. THF 02:51, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
  • It may not be notable for you, but for fans of their specific genre it is. Mpete510 03:11, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

• I don't find WP:ILIKEIT persuasive on this question. THF 03:23, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

• I don't want to keep it just because I like it. This band was huge for their specific genre and still has many fans today a few years after they broke up. Also some of this bands members went on to form the band Terror and they meet the notability requirements, so by default this band does also.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Mpete510 (talk • contribs)

• Delete as nn and unsourced to anything other than the band and the record label's website. Ford MF 17:15, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
• I have added 2 references to support comparisons of the bands sound and about the constant line up changes. These sources are not the bands website or labels website. I have also added references to both of their CD's pages. Mpete510 18:19, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

• Also by using WP:MUSIC and rule 6, this band is notable. Members of Carry On went on to form the band Terror. Terror is notable because they fulfill rules 4 & 5 on WP:MUSIC. Mpete510 20:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Comment. The only sources cited are the band's website, the band's label, and "other publications where the musician/ensemble talks about themselves", which is well outside the scope of the requirement of independent reliable sources, especially when the interviews are with non-notable web-publications at that. That one has to scrape the barrel like this to find references is an argument against notability, not for it. Terror is non-notable, too. --THF 03:48, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

• Carry On may not stand on its own, but Terror does (by rule 4 & 5) so by rule 6 Carry On stands. Are we not reading the same criteria? Mpete510 04:31, 20 May 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.