Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/3-D (band)

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The result was delete. Given that all "keep" opinions are qualified as weak.  Sandstein  07:20, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

3-D (band)

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On the Teddy Wender bio page on teddywender.com, the claim is that U2 opened for 3-D at The Ritz (rock club) in New York in April of 1980. The U2 gig lists available at various places on the net, including here and here show no such April 1980 appearance. Without casting doubt, Wender's own website is a primary source, not considered a reliable source. Because of similarities between the article and the text in the Wender bio page (it's an image of text, so hard to do copyvio on it), I'd guess that it was used as an uncredited source for this page.

For that matter, the IMDB episode summary for SNL is contributed by users and not verified. The Rock Peaks link does not currently have the video of the SNL segment, either. While I don't doubt that 3-D appeared on SNL, I can't verify it. I suppose the link to iTunes is for the track list.

The refimprove tag has been there since 2009. While I realize there's no deadline, I don't see how this article can be salvaged with no reliable sources.  —jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:12, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  ^B E _C K ^Y _S A ^{Y L} E _S  09:13, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  ^B E _C K ^Y _S A ^{Y L} E _S  09:13, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I notified the editors who appeared to be the page creator and the most recent substantive editor, but neither of them seems to have been active on WP for a while.  —jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:25, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep Based on the Saturday Night Live appearance, which would suggest they would meet the notability guidelines if they were around twenty years later (they most likely had decent coverage around that time). But, we need to be wary of unreferenced content. This does need further investigation. KaisaL (talk) 17:37, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as I still have found nothing better, there's nothing else confidently better. SwisterTwister talk 20:57, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep as they did have charting singles but sources are hard to find, partly because of the generic name Atlantic306 (talk) 06:41, 10 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Sorry, but this fails WP:V and it has been in a bad state since years. I am having trouble sourcing even the most basic facts about the band even though I tried searching with the member names. While the band may have existed, I do not see any indications why it was notable. I managed to find a video of the SNL performance, but the descriptions seems to say "little known band" - and I'm not convinced that one appearance in SNL is a claim to notability. Overall, considering the trouble sourcing information and the fact that the band existed for a brief period of time, I would go with a delete. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 04:50, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - The Keep votes themselves emphasize how there's simply still not enough for substance. SwisterTwister talk 05:11, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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