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The result was delete. ✗plicit 14:15, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Eureka Brass Band (1890s)[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:BAND. A "local brass band" with a single "source", consisting of a photo and a caption. Clarityfiend (talk) 13:08, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Louisiana. Shellwood (talk) 13:20, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
keep. It is sourced to a secondary reference establishing notability. This article may well be expanded from other secondary information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ke4roh (talk • contribs) 14 December 2022 (UTC)
Delete There seem to be newer bands using this name, I don't see anything for this particular ensemble. Oaktree b (talk) 14:31, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - There is evidence that this ensemble existed, and they are indeed listed at various Louisiana historical sites. But regardless of anything they may have accomplished in their time, there is no evidence today that they meet Wikipedia's notability requirements. If people interested in the musical history of Lake Charles, LA read about them at the local historical society, that's cool but there is little to be said for WP's purposes here. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:35, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The only claim of importance in the article is that the band was composed of "leading citizens". However, it does not say what these citizens did to earn their notability and none of them have Wikipedia articles. This would probably not even get through an A7 speedy deletion as a "credible claim of importance". The only possible merge target is Lake Charles, Louisiana, but even a passing mention there looks WP:UNDUE to me. SpinningSpark 23:53, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. This page was originally split from Eureka Brass Band, but it does not belong back there. That article is about an entirely unrelated New Orleans band. SpinningSpark 00:00, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This band is unrelated to the Louisiana/New Orleans jazz tradition. In fact, the photo here shows that they were white and members of what I assume was a volunteer fire department in Lake Charles. Something of this age is not likely to have a lot of press, and you could dismiss it as not having demonstrated notability, but I'd hate to lose it. I added the book reference I found to the article. My question is whether there are local newspapers we could search in. Anyone? Lamona (talk) 20:26, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There are some mentions in local newspapers in newspapers.com, but they're almost all announcements, e.g. a benefit to raise funds for new uniforms. There was one paragraph (which I can't find again for some reason) about all members being Confederate veterans or sons of veterans, but that's about it. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:09, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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