Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Da Gryptions

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. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:51, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Da Gryptions

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Contested PROD. Rationale was "The subject of the article does not satisfy the criteria listed in WP:BAND. The single independent reference provided is a local/regional newspaper." The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:09, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the article's author (who also appears to be a member of the band) has since provided a significant number of additional sources, although again they seem to be mostly local or regional. Technically speaking, the band still doesn't seem to meet WP:BAND. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 09:05, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - CHARTattack, Treehugger.com, enRoute are all national publications. (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apsobibi (talk • contribs)

Comment - Evan Cranley and Stephen Ramsay are both musicians of note, so this meets the criteria of point 6 in the WP:BAND --Apsobibi (talk) 1:13, 14 January 2011 (UTC) — Apsobibi (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:56, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - remove the unreliable sources from the 'impressive' list, such as blogs, minor websites, and self published material, we are left with a couple of articles in a local newspaper. This is an up and coming band with insufficient history or hard-media releases to have accumulated the required level of notability for a Wikipedia entry. Note that #6 of WP:BAND states may be notable if it meets at least one of the following criteria' Kudpung (talk) 03:13, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. I find sufficient coverage of "The Bixi Anthem" to substantiate its notability as an item of Montreal culture. (It's even mentioned in The Guardian[1].) What's not entirely clear to me is whether the band has any notability beyond the one song. I do not favor deleting this article, but (unless there is more coverage of other aspects of Da Gryptions as a band) I wouldn't necessarily oppose a merge/redirect to Bixi#Popular Culture, adding more information to the one sentence now included there.--Arxiloxos (talk) 05:48, 15 January 2011 (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, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Quebec-related deletion discussions. —Arxiloxos (talk) 03:27, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:BAND criterion #1 – The coverage is significant enough, and it does include several publications: Chart, Montreal Mirror, and The Gazette. One of The Gazette articles was reprinted in the Regina Leader-Post here. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 04:07, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Paul Erik

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.