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The result was Keep. NAC. Schuym1 (talk) 00:17, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Balloon (band)[edit]

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Articles for deletion/Balloon (band) (2nd nomination)

I was about to speedy this, but I saw that it was a keep in a previous AFD. I can't find any reliable sources that shows notability. The previous AFD ended as keep because their album was released on a major label, even though it wasn't. Even if it was, it would need to be two albums on a major record label. Working with notable musicians doesn't show notability. An editor on the previous AFD said that releasing albums on independent labels was a very common practice in the early 1990s, in the UK, because the media considered major labels uncool. Even if that is true, that does not mean there should be an article on it because it has to pass something else on the music guidelines. Fails WP:MUSIC. Here is the AFD:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Balloon (Music Group). Schuym1 (talk) 23:01, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Absolutely no way of meeting WP:MUSIC. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 23:59, 9 December 2008 (UTC) Weak keep per Paul Erik, sources are sufficient. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 17:32, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 05:57, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, article fails to establish notability as per WP:MUSIC. Keep per the additions by P.E. Esradekan Gibb ^"Talk" 00:15, 13 December 2008 (UTC) Esradekan Gibb ^"Talk" 17:38, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – I would encourage AfD commenters to conduct their own search for sources. By this search on Google News archives, it appears that there are articles about this band in the Chicago Sun-Times, The Washington Post, The State, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Virginian-Pilot, and The Palm Beach Post. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 04:40, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The band meets the requirements of the general notability guideline, or WP:MUSIC criterion #1. Just now I've added references: articles in The Washington Post, the Boston Herald, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Variety. Keep. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 17:28, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The band received a fair amount of coverage when they were around and the sources added to the article are enough to satisfy WP:MUSIC. Their album was released on the Dedicated which was a major-label subsidiary with (if I remember correctly) independent distrubution, technically classing it as 'independent' for chart purposes (and the exposure that went with it), but still part of a major record company.--Michig (talk) 19:10, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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