Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kokosingers

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. Black Kite 01:48, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kokosingers

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Non notable band. Prod was removed by author with a comment on the talk page. Note that I am now reviewing the articles that the author compared this one to, to see if they pass our notability guidelines. J Milburn (talk) 20:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

• Keep I added some info that may support the notability of the Kokosingers. I also feel that the sheer number of collegiate a cappella groups that do not fully meet Wikipedia's notability criteria justify its inclusion. "Please note that the failure to meet any of these criteria does not mean an article must be deleted; conversely, meeting any of these criteria does not mean that an article must be kept." Night88Flight (talk)
• Delete Non-notable. Please review WP:WAX regarding pages about other a cappella groups. SingCal 01:33, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• KeepThis group is historically important to Kenyon, and quite notable to those who attended college at Kenyon." PuppyTN (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 07:09, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
  • That is not generally accepted as a valid argument, take a read of this. We work on reliable sources, not vague assertions that things are notable to certain people. J Milburn (talk) 09:45, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. I see no evidence or reference to suggest that this band is notable as asserted by WP:N. SorryGuy  Talk  01:50, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JERRY ^talk _contribs 01:58, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

• Delete. The article does not establish that this group meets any of the WP:MUSIC criteria. I note that one of the sources provided is the web site for one of their alumni, Justin Roberts, but Roberts' web site never mentions that he is a former member of the Kokosingers; consequently, that site cannot be used to establish the group's notability. The fact that there are other articles about non-notable a cappella group just indicates that there are a lot of college a cappella groups, all of whose members have access to the Internet and many of whom have edited Wikipedia. We have deleted various a cappella groups when they came up for WP:AFD before, but I don't think anyone has made a systematic effort to delete the others recently. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:26, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:MUSIC and per WP:ORG. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 13:00, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete: Just a college singing group, and note the highly original prose, "Are the college's singing group," where "college" hasn't been defined. It seems likely to be a clipping from a campus publication, so a possibly copyvio as well as a pleasant but unremarkable college singing group. Utgard Loki (talk) 17:30, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
  • There is no need for speculation. All of the text is original. No copy vio. Night88Flight (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 22:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete, non notable, college group. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{round of applause} 22:44, 8 February 2008 (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.