Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TheStart

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Kharkiv07 (T) 00:43, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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No evidence of satisfying Wikipedia's notability guidelines. The article was previously deleted following a PROD, and then re-created, so I am bringing it here for discussion. The cited references are: a page at allmusic, a page on the web site of a company publishing the band's records, a dead link, and a page on a web site which allows "user-contributed text". I have not found any other evidence of notability. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 19:39, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 20:18, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Sourcing needs improvement, but they've released several albums under three notable independent labels. (WP:BAND, #5) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xanzzibar (talk • contribs) 23:07, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:58, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete although I also considered weak keep but the main issue is there's no good third-party coverage and my searches found nothing good. SwisterTwister talk 07:18, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - The group has coverage from sources such as Allmusic, and it seems to be notable enough. Their 2004 release was even highlighted by the music publication as an 'Album Pick'. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 17:46, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. In addition to a lot on allmusic there is

Mauet, Sarah (15 December 2005), "TheStart help jump start new wave revival", The Arizona Daily Star

Thorne, Evan (12 April 2002), "Aimee Echo the highlight on The Start's 'Shakedown!'", Chicago Daily Herald

Iwasaki, Scott (2 November 2001), "Fresh start suits Start just fine", Deseret News

and a short review in

"Not quite the beginning", Mosman Daily, 19 February 2004

Enough for GNG. duffbeerforme (talk) 10:15, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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