Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dhwani (band)

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The result was delete. Sandstein 21:36, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Dhwani (band)

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This article has had multiple people edit-warring over a speedy tag, so I'm bringing the discussion here. I am neutral. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 18:13, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CThomas³ (talk) 19:40, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. CThomas³ (talk) 19:40, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, although this clearly meets speedy deletion criteria (WP:A7). Unless I'm mistaken, @Creativejon's IP sock puppetry and repeated blanking of speedy deletion tags shouldn't mean that the discussion gets moved to AfD -- it should still go through CSD. cnzx (talk) 20:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I declined a CSD A7 on this because there is a Times of India source, Indian topics get less online coverage generally than UK / US ones, and it seemed to be a nationally famous group. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 22:01, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Agree with @Cnzx that this is A7 stuff. Certainly fails WP:NMUSIC. Ajf773 (talk) 21:54, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. They have a Facebook page and a YouTube channel, but don't appear to be signed: looking at their website, they're a wedding/function band. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 22:01, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep A quick Google search shows what Ritchie333 states. The problem is that our default search may not sufficient. Try the following: Dhwani band -"Dhwani Pandya" -"Dhwani Sutra". I found two news sources not already listed in the article: [1] [2]. Bands don't need to be signed to have an article. They have to show some notability. This is the minimal requirement in my estimation. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:17, 22 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
To be accurate, that second source you list isn't about the band, but rather about the band's former lead vocalist. I'm on the fence. Personally I have always viewed criterion #1 in WP:BAND (the significant coverage) as a criterion that shouldn't stand alone but should be combined with one of the others. ~Anachronist (talk) 04:09, 22 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Also, isn't the first source unrelated to the band in the Wiki article? cnzx (talk)
Um... the only source cited in the article is all about the band. What are you referring to? ~Anachronist (talk) 06:38, 22 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for the confusion -- I was talking about the two you linked above. cnzx (talk) 20:25, 22 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Walter Görlitz: the first source you mention is about a small college festival which happens to share a name with the band. The only musicians mentioned are "singer-songwriter Mohit Chauhan, folk fusion band Lagori and an EDM party with top DJs", and the similarity in name appears to be coincidence. The second source is about the singer and only mentions the band as a project with which he used to be involved - so would fail WP:INHERITED even if he had his own Wikipedia article as a solo artiste. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 09:31, 22 November 2017 (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.