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 was keep. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 17:42, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Arkona (Russian band), Arkona (band)[edit]

No evidence that this band meets WP:MUSIC; no assertion that their three albums were released by anyone other than themselves. Was speedied and restored by another admin, so bringing here. NawlinWiki 19:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom Alex Bakharev 20:19, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. ~~Please vote here as well - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arkona (band)~~ KNewman 20:20, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- one and the same band. I redirected it here. `'mikka 20:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom `'mikka 20:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
KEEP right, sorry I have no idea how this is supposed to work. I'm the author of the article, Poslanik. there's plenty of info on the band on their official website (it's listed on the article you're about to delete) it's just in Russian so I guess that's a problem. The label for their albums is Sound Age Production but I'm having trouble finding their website. However, I have found a page on an online music dealer site that lists a few of the albums released by Sound Age Productions (http://www.redstream.org/Sound+Age+Productions_Label.php)
- If you have difficulties with finding the label, then the article is clearly out of here. It is not big deal to burn a box of CDs these days. Mukadderat 01:00, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
delete nonnotable. Mukadderat 01:00, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. I just wanna mention that once this succeeds, the article Arkona will need to be changed back to a redirect from a disambig. Marm^(t) 11:35, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Though I'm not convinced as to Sound Age being a particularly legitimate label, looking at last.fm it seems that this band has a popularity similar to those of other Russian bands that no one's deleted, such as Kipelov or Epidemia. I'm still going for delete but it seems WP has a lot of articles of Russian metal bands of similar (non)-notability. Marm^(t) 09:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets WP:MUSIC. Contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise notable - Butterfly Temple. Consult The Metal Archives for the band's discography here. Sound Age Productions is a label. Albums that are self-released are always marked as such. I found 12 other bands with Sound Age listed as their label:

Note that the earliest release of the label was in 1999. I move to withdraw the deletion nomination. Óðinn 07:58, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and here are the "multiple non-trivial published works"

In English[edit]

here
here

In French[edit]

The publications in Russian are so abundant that I won't even list it here. The point is: the band is known worldwide.Óðinn 08:32, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to Keep per Óðinn Alex Bakharev 23:02, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Alex, don't be fooled by this Metal Archives Encyclopedia which User:Odinn refers to. It's like Wikipedia, registered users can add their own bands, if you read it carefully enough you'll notice :). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by KNewman (talk • contribs) 06:20, 1 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]
  - Your point being? Yes, users add their own bands, so what? Their only criteria for inclusion is that the band in question is stylistically metal and that it has released its work. Now, the person who started this debate claimed that there is no evidence that Arkona's albums were not self-released. I provided such evidence in a clear and unequivocal fashion. The Metal Archives is a notable and reliable source as far as WP is concerned. Not only that, I also provided evidence of qualifying under two more criteria. Care to challenge them? Óðinn 06:49, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per research by Óðinn. Malla nox 02:10, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment or if it is possible keep Band is known in Poland and some other slavic countries. Users who know Polish can use article from pl.wiki to expand it. Regards :) Migatu 15:25, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.