Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Justifide (2nd nomination)

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The result was no consensus.  Sandstein  19:49, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article about a non-notable band with this article & another about them reuniting, but Wikipedia isn't the news per WP:NOTNEWS. Overall, fails WP:BAND. JudeccaXIII (talk) 17:29, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:34, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:34, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: the reunion seems to have led to a five-track EP, made with crowdfunding support. There's a couple of paragraphs about them reuniting on page 61 of the January 2015 issue of HM magazine, which focuses on Christian metal, but nothing substantive. KaisaL's comments in the first AfD nomination just a month ago seem sensible enough: the article really needs the attention of editors who know more about this music genre. If it is kept, I do think the articles on their two albums should probably be merged into the band article. Richard3120 (talk) 20:03, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Narrow keep. Band does appear to have been prominent enough in their brief run to justify inclusion. It's not a ground-breaking source of course, but the fact their albums have double-figure reviews on Amazon from the early 2000s is a good base indicator of prominence at the time, and if it had been ten years later I think there'd be much more reliable material. One other website here states, "Christian Rock fans from the early to mid 2000's will surely remember the band Justifide". While again I do not take this source as especially significant, it's the sort of generic content that leads me to believe this band should be included - and that the issue may just be that their early split makes it difficult to find verifiable content. It might be worth pinging any experts we may have on Christian rock music. KaisaL (talk) 03:58, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment My above comment is word-for-word what I said one month ago. KaisaL (talk) 03:58, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep with a comment. The band does not have a large entry in the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Not many other sources, but two reviews and an article at http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/search/?q=Justifide and two staff reviews and one reader review at http://jesusfreakhideout.com/artists/justifide.asp . For the record, I was a Christian rock fan from the 2000s, and a DJ from earlier, and I had to look them up to see if they actually existed. As for the comment, the previous AfD, also opened by @JudeccaXIII:, was closed as no consensus one month ago. Why does JudeccaXIII get a free ride in re-nominating? The nomination should have been closed immediately and JudeccaXIII warned. I would advise all admins and non-admins to not allow editors to continue to nominate articles until they get their way. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:48, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • And this is what WP:BEFORE is supposed to prevent BTW. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:48, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like you're about to start a crusade, good luck to you then. — JudeccaXIII (talk) 12:37, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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