Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drive-by Argument

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. I've merged some album info (which seems to be much of the relevant content) to the discography section, and will redirect the album articles. – GorillaWarfare (talk) 00:28, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Drive-by Argument

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Dance Like No-One's Watching (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Sex Lines Are Expensive Comedy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The Sega Method (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Drive-by Argument (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

This band appear to have minor notability and don't really need to have a Wikipedia article. A Google search doesn't retrieve much results, infact there are no results from reliable music media sites whatsoever. Of the nine references, seven of them are out of date links and weren't reliable sources anyway. There is no press coverage from music magazines or even any local newspapers. It seems as if the article is relying too much on trivia and not placing emphasis on the bands acheivements. The band released an album and three singles, which haven't garnered much attention, especially the singles. None of them charted on any official U.K. charts and just seemed to breeze away. The article seems to present the band as being a short lived successful project, when in reality, there's nothing to prove this without viable citations. I should note that there's a spin-off band of Drive-by Argument called The Mouse That Ate The Cat. Another band article with lacklustre citations and a trivia section, possibly created by the same person. A user has already nominated it for speedy deletion. The article was speedy deleted previously in August 2007, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drive-by argumentMy wee one (talk) 14:04, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 17:43, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 17:43, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. I seem to remember hearing of these guys from a few years back, so decided to have a dig around. First up, there are links already provided in the Drive-by Argument (album) article to non-trivial independent reviews in reliable sources at The Skinny and musicOMH. In addition to those, Drowned in Sound has reviews of both "Sex Lines Are Expensive Comedy" and a live show, while there is a short band biography provided by MTV UK. I'd say that just about scrapes over the bar set at WP:BAND, so I'm going for a Keep of the band article. The articles for other releases bundled into this AfD ahould really be merged into the band article and those individual articles should be subsequently deleted. --sparkl_!sm ^hey! 06:13, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Per the above comment from sparkl_!sm i would probably support a merging of the album and singles into the article. I was unaware of a Drowned in Sound bio and reviews, nothing showed up on google.My wee one (talk) 14:58, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep band article. Merge and redirect all album articles to their discography section. The Steve 05:19, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Note - The nominator was blocked as a sock of The abominable Wiki troll.^{--UnquestionableTruth--} 20:02, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Black Kite (t) (c) 15:31, 18 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy close under WP:SK ground #3: nominator banned. Sockpuppets shouldn't get their way on Wikipedia. No prejudice against a separate and subsequent AfD for the band articles per Sparklism, but those should be unbundled and separate.—S Marshall T/C 18:17, 18 June 2011 (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.