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The result was delete. Scott Mac (Doc) 01:02, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

TOTAL SLACKER[edit]

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The cited sources don't appear to show that this band is notable per WP:MUSIC. Gzmanagement About the statement of the writer's identity, we are a independent publicity firm called Grant and Zimmer llc. We in no way are affiliated with the artists management and or its agents.Gzmanagement Also, it appears that the article author is the artist's management company, see WP:COI. NawlinWiki (talk) 23:49, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, unless someone can find more coverage. For something mentioned in the New Yorker, I'm very surprised that I really can't find anything at all that you could call "significant coverage." Neither that New Yorker namedrop nor the "Vice Magazine" blurb amounts to significant coverage, and I haven't come across anything else that would indicate this band might meet WP:MUSICBIO. I'm also not convinced Vice Magazine is actually a reliable source; calling Total Slacker "bonafied" [sic] doesn't fill me with confidence.  Glenfarclas  (talk) 00:36, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Doesn't fully establish Wikipedia:BAND. --Bsadowski1 16:40, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Do Not Delete, this small article, all be it small, holds true to most of the CRITERIA in "WP:MUSIC" such as :

criteria # 11 Has been placed in rotation nationally by any major radio network : http://thefmly.com/2010/02/01/public-education-pla ylist-4/ also :http://www.wmua.org/tracks/view/160557 ( univ of mass radio ,,, and NYU radio ) and... critera #1 "This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, online versions of print media, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gzmanagement (talk • contribs) 21:34, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

the new yorker magazine clip, is indeed REAL, and is credit enough. Please see the ava. link provided in the reference section of this Stub article, under "glasslands gallery", it states 1 sentences about this band. The VICE article is written by nicholas gazin, the 3rd photo on this link provided, has a published paragraph by this author, stating total slacker: "the band to watch." period. http://www.viceland.com/blogs/photos/2010/01/25/four-good-bands-death-by-audio/img_2480/ along with these 2 references, here is one more from a highly notable press : the village voice, NYC : http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2010/01/less_artists_mo.php (please note, the bottom of the 1st paragraph, reading, and i quote: "Chinatown's St. James Church, where Brooklyn Vegan points out they have a show booked this Friday with the Beets, Tony Castles, Beach Fossils, and Total Slacker". --VILLAGE VOICE

• • Comment The Village Voice and New Yorker references are not articles *about* this band -- it's not enough just to be mentioned in an events listing. NawlinWiki (talk) 04:20, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(User:Gzmanagement Gzmanagementtalk) regardless, if these articles in the new yorker, actually were not specifically about this band, they WERE mentioned in these leading publications, and will continue to do so. Here is one more major web-based music blog centered around the Brooklyn, NY music scene, this is a Feature article about Total Slacker: http://www.jezebelmusic.com/8889/total-slacker-total-slacker-demo/ (User:Gzmanagement Gzmanagementtalk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gzmanagement (talk • contribs) 17:30, 31 January 2010 (UTC) another FEATURE ARTICLE, showing proof of ascension: http://microphonememoryemotion.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/total-slacker-on-thursday-nite/ Gzmanagement[reply]

• Weak delete - NawlinWiki's right, the Village Voice and New Yorker "references" are just listings, which don't indicate notability. Notably the Voice linked some other bands on that same list, but not this one.
  They are getting some notice though, and playing venues, so I wouldn't be surprised if some reliable sourced popped up. The keeps aren't doing themselves any favors by being so verbose, instead of just finding some reviews or discussions of the band.
  Would definitely support a userfication. Shadowjams (talk) 23:56, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Listing appearences isn't significant coverage and college radio stations aren't "major radio networks". Fails WP:MUSICBIO. Niteshift36 (talk) 17:57, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Do Not Delete it doesnt matter, they are significant coverage, when the listing s come from the worlds leading publications.

THE NEW YORKER AND VILLAGE VOICE, do not publish any info about bands, except for they're tasteful decision of who should be mentioned. not everyone gets mentioned in these magazines-newspapers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gzmanagement (talk • contribs) 19:02, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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