Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peace Burial At Sea

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  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  17:21, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peace Burial At Sea

Contested prod, I do not believe that this band asserts enough notability to pass WP:MUSIC. Dspserpico 22:53, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as vanity. Google only turns CD directories and a Myspace account. These band articles are like locusts. Aplomado ^talk 00:10, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as I agree with the nom. A plague of locusts.. SubSeven 00:21, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Well-written for what it is, but it's a vanity and belongs on MySpace, not here. Interlingua ^talk 00:59, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. —Khoikhoi 04:01, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I wrote this article some time ago, and it survived an existing call for deletion as the band were deemed to be noteworthy - they have played several national tours and also have a CD which is sold in independent record shops up and down the UK. They are well-known and respected on both the underground rock scene and in their native Newcastle, and have been reviewed in *Kerrang! magazine, a rather well-known publication. Google searches bring up much more than MySpace and CD listings if you look around, and they have been reviewed and have fans in countries as far afield as Russia - look *here. 09:44, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

• comment Still not convinced of band's notability. If you can present me with verifiable information about their tour or find a copy of an article on kerrang on their website (I did a searcin on kerrang.com and found nothing). If such information is found, I may withdraw my nom, but as it stands I still doubt that this band passes WP:MUSIC. Dspserpico 17:03, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• comment Kerrang don't publish their reviews online - search for another more famous band on the site and all you'll find is news on them, no reviews. However, if you want proof that they've been reviewed in Kerrang, look *here (go to the bottom of the page), and *here, and if you go *here and go to the bottom of the page, you'll find their press pack for download which has their TWO entire Kerrang reviews in it (one album review, one live review). As for tours, they've been playing up and down the country for years now, and have toured with the very noteworthy 65daysofstatic, as mentioned *here. If you Google "Peace Burial At Sea live" you'll find details of some of the many gigs they've played. I could go on about this and produce further evidence of their "noteworthiness", but it's getting late and I want to go to bed. Basically, if Wikipedia's music pages are here only to document top 40 pop music and extremely well-known artists, then of course PBAS shouldn't be on here (and neither presumably should thousands of others). I personally think this would be a massive shame, because unlike other encyclopedias, Wikipedia has the opportunity to "pick up" things that more prestigious, academically researched tomes are simply unable to, and as such can provide a much better cross-section of popular culture. I'll leave it up to the rest of you to decide the fate of this article. 22:59, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Not notable and fails to meet the necessary guidelines for WP:MUSIC.--Auger Martel 12:20, 17 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.