Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maybe Dolls

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 19:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe Dolls

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Per WP:GNG and WP:NBAND. Aside from one album and a few songs that made the "top 30" there isn't much notability here. No awards, no top 10 singles, only one album in a 3 year stretch before calling it quits. Comatmebro User talk:Comatmebro 18:45, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - From the notability guildeline:

"may be notable if they meet at least one of the following criteria.

Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart."

Clearly the article meets that criterion. They also meet:

Has won or been nominated for a major music award, such as a Grammy, Juno, Mercury, Choice or Grammis award.

ARIA Music Awards of 1992 lists that they were nominated for the category 'Breakthrough artist: single'.

This criterion is also met, as 'Nervous Kid' was featured in the Australian soap opera E Street and appeared on the soundtrack album for the show:

Has performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g., a theme for a network television show, performance in a television show or notable film, inclusion on a notable compilation album, etc.

This criterion is also met:

Has been placed in rotation nationally by a major radio or music television network.

Both 'Nervous Kid' and 'Cool Jesus' received national airplay in Australia on both the radio and TV.

Nqr9 (talk) 01:06, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep clearly satisfies requirements of WP:NBAND. Dan arndt (talk) 13:31, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I hadn't heard of this band before as I don't think they had any hits in the UK, but as someone who is also interested in music, chart positions etc. from other countries - popular and not-quite-so-popular - I find pages like this new one of interest and I'm happy to have learned about a band I wouldn't otherwise have known of. After all, that's the whole point of Wikipedia - to learn about things, to educate, on even those perhaps lesser-known subjects. Not everyone wants or even NEEDS to read about the Beatles, the Rolling Stones or Michael Jackson! --Geach (talk) 22:25, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Grahame (talk) 00:21, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Nominator starts with "Aside from one album and a few songs that made the "top 30" there isn't much notability here." Clearly this nomination is running on different criteria than those at WP:NBAND. I dispute this dismissal of their national charting album and singles (even one is sufficient) in establishing their notability. I have added more content including supporting the claim of an ARIA award nomination and an album review. Nqr9 is right: the subject is clearly notable on multiple fronts according to the actual criteria. Nomination for AfD should be withdrawn.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 06:56, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. And bring on the snow. Clearly notable based on passing multiple criteria of WP:MUSIC. duffbeerforme (talk) 10:43, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep. SaintAviator lets talk 23:27, 27 March 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.