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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:00, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Other People[edit]

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They have a relatively small number of fans on Facebook, an even smaller number of followers on Twitter. While this may not be fully indicative of the importance of this band, combined with the fact that there is little information available about the band through a Google search and that they only loosely if at all meet the notability guidelines, this article should be deleted.

Although it has been claimed previously that the band meets points numbered 1, 4 and 7 in Wikipedia:Notability_(music), these conditions are not actually met.

Regarding point 1 in the notability guidelines: all the articles about this band appear to be fairly trivial. They're usually not the primary focus of the article and the band appears not to have done anything of any particular merit other than opening for some larger acts.

Regarding point 4 in the notability guidelines: there is no evidence that this band has ever toured internationally or even for that matter nationally. There is not even any evidence that this band has release any music to tour in support of.

Regarding point 7 in the notability guidelines: there is no evidence that the band is one of the most prominent representatives of any style of music. They appear to be primarily a cover band. They have never released any recorded material and all evidence online and in this article itself suggest that the band primarily performs covers of various other artists. It seems unlikely that such a band would be prominent representatives of the music scene.

It also appears as though this article was originally created by one of the band members and as such is again in violation of the guidelines.

This band appears to be a small local cover band with no particular significance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stonerollin (talk • contribs) 21:11, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:34, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Relisting comment. This AFD was not properly formated. Consider this the first week of discussion. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:36, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak delete Can't find much evidence other than gig listings and similar non-independent sources. I don't know what the trend is for having bands with ungooglable names (e.g. Girls (band)), which doesn't make it easy, but there really doesn't seem to be much content. Tried using Google to search NME, Pitchfork, Drowned In Sound, Rolling Stone; nothing. I'm very reluctant about judging a band based on their Twitter/Facebook fans; I'm sure you could find numerous counter-examples to that rule, and anyway, popularity isn't really the chief reason for being/not being here. But they don't meet the actual notability rules either. --Colapeninsula (talk) 14:57, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 14:50, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 14:50, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete unsigned band apparently working on their first album. Good luck, guys, but not notable at present. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:53, 15 March 2012 (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.