Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The shitts

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The result was Delete --JForget 02:03, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The shitts

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A band that claims notability in creating a DIY music scene in northern Wisconsin. No sources to attest to notability. Not finding any secondary sources to verify the article. Martijn Hoekstra 15:29, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

I'll put up more secondary sources this afternoon, I have to go to class right now. I found a link to Shitnoise Productions, the singer's company that produces independent artists' music from around the country.

Also there was an article in the Rhinelander Daily News in the August 30th, 2006 issue about the Lack of Labor Day Music Festival, but I'm not really sure on how to include newspaper references.--Mrfries 15:32, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Here be local band, no notability nor sources. am doubtful any that are found would be acceptable. also, i'm guessing an area the size of northern Wisconsin probably had some form of d.i.y. scene before 2006. tomasz. 15:47, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NN on the basis that no evidence of significant coverage by reliable sources independant of the topic appears in the article or is likely to exist. [[Guest9999 18:02, 15 November 2007 (UTC)]]
• Delete unless better sourcing is provided. I did some scanning through the google hits without coming up with anything reliable. (Needless to say, most of the hits are completely unrelated to the band.) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:55, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

The Shitts are actually hugely popular to the folk-punk genre, a new but increasingly popular musical subculture. I strongly suggest keeping this article on the basis that it widens the reader's knowledge of folk-punk groups. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.86.32.53 (talk) 04:07, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

As a resident of Northern Wisconsin I have to say that there wasn't really a D.I.Y. scene around here until 2006. You used to have to go 30-60 miles to see a show, and all of those were battle of the bands or bar shows. Since the scene in Rhinelander started it has become an established network of venues and musicians that attracts artists from all over the country. Here's a short list of bands from outside the scene that have come here: Brook Pridemore, Johnny Hobo And The Freight Trains, Dan Costello, Punkin Pie, Boogdish, and Jenny Is A Boy.

I guess more than less the point i'm making is that over the past year, the scene has turned from 'High School Teachers Cover Band is playing at the bar tonight so they can get free drinks' to 'Local High School Students are playing with established New York musicians in a basement, and it's going to be recorded by the local fair-trade record label.'

Maybe The Shitts aren't ready for their own wikipedia page, but the scene/collective as a whole is definitely a legitimate thing. It's a small collective of musicians that plays all over the city/county/state/country/continent just like many others that you have on here.

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.