Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NCT (band) (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. Sjakkalle (Check!) 13:19, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

NCT (band)

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My searches come up with very little, this band isn't notable. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 21:35, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Korea-related deletion discussions. Random86 (talk) 22:28, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Random86 (talk) 22:28, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: WP:TOOSOON. Tibbydibby (talk) 02:37, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: While this is a new group, the members have been active as SMRookies and under the names SR14B and SR15B for two years. So they already have a large fanbase. The two songs they've released so far charted #2 and #3 on the US Billboard International chart and they are in rotation on radio stations around Asia. They also have their own show, NCT Life. They are the first boy group in 4 years to come out of the biggest agency in Korea. Yannaynay (talk) 03:26, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I've found and added 8 legitimate English language references and tried to tidy up the exuberant fanclub sentences without references. I haven't added any Korean or Chinese references yet (and there are pages for them in 5 other languages already). Per the numbers, the page views have cooled down to over 5,000 per day, with a recent average of almost 12,000. The single released by the subunit NCT U on YouTube on April 8 has over 7 million views.

I conservatively believe that releasing two singles does not make a band notable, but multiple references, along with this many fans, seems to. Looking at the band as notable people, or in this section for Entertainers per Wikipedia:BLPNOTE "Actors, voice actors, comedians, opinion makers, models, and celebrities", they probably qualify alone under #2 - "Has a large fan base or a significant "cult" following."

I am an odd one to vote Keep on this, I have an undisclosed COI - I don't like SM Entertainment very much. However, I've learned with them, it's hard to fight the tides....even if this page is deleted, it would be re-added over and over. But, I also like the music these kids make and feel they have already established notablity. We just need to sit back and watch.--Bonnielou2013 (talk) 06:03, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Strongly Keep -- Kanghuitari (talk) 06:45, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep perhaps and improve if needed. SwisterTwister talk 07:06, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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