Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parabellum (band)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 17:54, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Parabellum (band)

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There's a vague claim to notability, in that they may have been one of the earliest Colombian death metal bands. However, I can find no reliable sources to back this up. They never released an album, never did any significant touring, and have significant coverage in independent, third party sources... comprehensively fails WP:MUSIC. Probably a cool band to name-drop when discussing the good ol' tape-trading days, but has no notability here. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 14:31, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I consider Parabellum to be relevant (and I don’t defend every old band, in case anybody wants to come up with some bullshit like that), but I have no references to improve the article and would accept its deletion. Should I get some material to improve it, I can still ask somebody to restore it. --217/83 16:08, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the band seem to have existed for only a few years but seem to have a strong following in some contemporary online reviews, 30 years later! This probably signifies they were notable but, with the passing of time, 'reliable' sources will be harder to find. It is a short enough stub to be re-created quickly if someone finds a good source. I feel uncomfortable keeping an article that has no reliable sources. Sionk (talk) 21:56, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Colombia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:13, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:13, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Rockin' Las Américas: the Global Politics of Rock in Latino America, University of Pittsburgh Press,[1] has some detail and and a series on South American metal in Zero Tolerance has features on 'em.[2][3] I'd like more, but there probably is more. 86.44.38.30 (talk) 23:52, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep verging on neutral. Several mentions in reliable sources indicate that in their day the band was important in Colombia. It seems they only released one album released after they split up, and significant coverage is hard to find, but it seems reasonable to assume that the band would have received such coverage back in the 1980s. It's debatable though whether we can have a decent article here without access to such sources.--Michig (talk) 08:08, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting a final time for the sake of the ip's and Michig's comments. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Wifione ^Message 09:17, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, comments and linked sources above indicate to me that this band passes WP:GNG. The spanish-language article is also quite lengthy (though apparently unsourced at present by en: standards), which further suggests potential to me. postdlf (talk) 23:05, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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