Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Black Belles

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010 • (talk) 23:24, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Black Belles

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Does not appear to meet any of the criteria of WP:MUSICNOTE. I did a Google search and had to go to a couple pages before finding a site that wasn't either selling the item, or user generated (Facebook, Third Man Records, twitter). The soonest was a brief article from the Guardian two and a half years ago, that seemed to highlight that Jack White was the producer. Jack White seems to be their biggest claim to fame...which actually isn't a claim to fame. Esprit15d • talk • contribs 18:11, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete fails WP:MUSICBIO, and notability is not WP:INHERITED. Snuggums (talk / edits) 23:11, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep appears to have enough coverage to scrape by, though most of the recent coverage seems centered on the singer going solo. Artw (talk) 02:06, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In other words, don't meet WP:MUSICNOTE.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 04:04, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The more I look, the more I feel it meets criterea 1. Artw (talk) 05:57, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They have some objective notability at college/commercial radio for charting status and airplay: 11 weeks on the 2012 CMJ charts. <http://www.thesyn.com/news/the-syndicate-makes-a-major-splash-on-cmjs-2012-overall-charts/> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Revelveteen (talk • contribs) 04:17, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Better information on sales in general would very much help the article. Artw (talk) 14:56, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Artw (talk) 06:00, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:35, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:35, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep. A Google search finds enough coverage to show that the subject is clearly notable: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]. --Michig (talk) 18:57, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I looked through these references to see if I needed to change my opinion, but again, most of these articles lean heavily on Jack White and Third Man Records. The worse example is their "collaboration" with Steve Colbert. They probably appeared for a combined total of 5 minutes in that episode and didn't utter a single word while Jack White and Steven Colbert went all around Nashville and, of course, Third Man Records.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 21:03, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Forget about the links to Jack White - it wouldn't make them notable and neither does it make them non-notable. The coverage in reliable sources makes the band notable. --Michig (talk) 07:12, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:26, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Per Michig's sources. Sufficient coverage in major reliable sources to pass GNG. --Arxiloxos (talk) 04:18, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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