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The result was Delete. The article has only two sources: their own website and myspace entry. There is no third party sources. Notability has not been established. Ruslik (talk) 10:00, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Smoothvega[edit]

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Non-notable musician. No reliable sources. His "massive" internet fanbase consists of 248 Google hits, most of them myspace, youtube, and blogs. I found intensely brief references at pegasusnews.com, but nothing to write a bio from, and a couple of glancing mentions at Fort Worth Weekly, but nothing at anything approaching major news sources. Little Red Riding Hoodtalk 21:38, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unless reliable sources appear. I've already speedy deleted this twice. Tried to help out improving it when I saw it again, but probably futile. --Oscarthecat (talk) 21:40, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete generic unsourced bandcruft. Guy (Help!) 22:07, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Don't Delete I have now fixed the article. It is all accurate information. We added full reliable sources. Please read and don't delete.Angie6913 (Talk) 22:07, 27 November 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Angie6913 (talk • contribs) [reply]

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~~Neutral~~ — if anything, let the AFD run the course and see if the author has learned anything and can improve the article. If not, then needs to be deleted and salted again. Given that this was AFD'd shortly after its creation, let's give it a chance, first. MuZemike (talk) 01:38, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- That's what AfDs are for, to give discussion a chance. It wasn't nominated for speedy deletion. However, there are still no reliable sources. Little Red Riding Hoodtalk 04:08, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- What form of reliable sources do you need? There are links up on the page to confirm what's on the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.203.194.168 (talk) 04:19, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A link to a jpg pic of an album cover is insufficient, as is a link to the artist's own site, please take a look at WP:RS.--Oscarthecat (talk) 09:37, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think they're referring to the external links (inline citations are not used) all over the article. MuZemike (talk) 03:20, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, fails notability per WP:MUSIC. Esradekan Gibb ^"Talk" 04:28, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Don't Delete"Contains at least one notable musician; note that it is often most appropriate to use redirects in place of articles on side projects, early bands and such, and that common sense exceptions always apply." (The article contains several notable musicians) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.203.194.168 (talk) 04:39, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Fails WP:MUSIC. Has already been speedied twice. McWomble (talk) 09:24, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Don't Delete - This article had been up for 2 years plus and why is it all of a sudden going to get deleted? None the less, I just added a magazine article from the XPOZ Magazine and I am about to add more —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.149.81.14 (talk) 17:42, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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- By what information did you determine that this article has been here for two years? It was created two days ago. Little Red Riding Hoodtalk 23:28, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Google smoothvega it's on several encyclopedia sites that lists this site as the source that's how I know. They we're probaly we're just updating the article when ya'll decided to try to delete it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.149.81.14 (talk • contribs) Revision as of 00:19, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article was created on November 27. Little Red Riding Hoodtalk 00:34, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Change to keep and cleanup — multiple reliable sources are there that satisfy the general notability guideline. However, the article needs some extensive cleanup. For starters, WP:CITE is very useful in changing those external-link references in the article to inline citations, an infobox is also essential for readers to get a quick glance at the article (WikiProject Music might be able to help out in that area as they have separate infoboxes for bands). MuZemike (talk) 03:25, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- What multiple reliable sources are those? Little Red Riding Hoodtalk 23:15, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete non notable per WP:MUSIC. Just one published album with no indication of label's notability; no evidence of chart topping, major awards or national airplay; independent coverage limited at best. --skew-t (talk) 02:20, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 01:25, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 01:25, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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