Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xess (3rd nomination)

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The result of the debate was DELETE. JIP | Talk 07:16, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Xess (3rd nomination)

Twice before this article has been nominated for AFD. The article was kept weakly on the basis the article could be improved, if the article was cleaned up and citations were provided. However, nearly a month later the article has remained untouched. The band when searched for, has not won the award they proclaim they have. Nor does the band have anything to do with the musical styles of Gothic Rock or Gothic Metal. The band is also not well known in their own country. The article fails WP:CITE, WP:NPOV, and fails Notablity. As such, considering the time given for the article to be cleaned up, the article should be deleted for Non-Notablity and Advertising purposes. Ley Shade 19:25, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete The logic that it was kept twice, we should keep it does not apply here since the things suggested still have not been done. The article is going nowhere, and is about a non notable band.Obina 23:12, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xess—1st nom April 2005, (Kept). Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xess (2nd nomination)—2nd nom January 2006, (Deleted).[1] Recreated March 16 2006 [2] in a single edit (possible copyvio?). Not a single reference. I am inclined to agree with Leyasu. Will revise opinion if compelling new information provided. —Encephalon 00:49, 24 March 2006 (UTC) Update: I've tried to search for more information on this band because I want to give the article a fair shake, but again I've been unable to find reliable, independent references from which to source the claims being made here. The paucity of sources suggests to me that the subject is not yet of sufficient note to be able to meet Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Reliable sources and related rules. That is to say, it cannot (for now) be treated in encyclopedic fashion. The best I could find was this, which IMO is inadequate as a source, to say nothing of the fact that it is unable to support most of the article. The claims, even taken at face value, do not appear to meet WP:MUSIC. The two claims to some notability are:

At the end of 2003 in the competition of alternative music bands “White Devils” organized by the publishing label “Dangus”, XESS was acclaimed as the best gothic/industrial band in Lithuania, and

On 25 09 2004 with their song „Ikask man!“ (Bite Me!) XESS played live in the national TV show “Lithuanian TV Top 10”

Neither meet WP:MUSIC. Therefore I think deletion is justified. However, on closer reading of the nominator's comment, I find several remarks about which I have no knowledge, and therefore cannot endorse. Regards —Encephalon 22:14, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

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