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The result was delete. Barkeep49 ( talk) 02:46, 18 September 2020 (UTC) reply

The Electra

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This is a high school/college band whose importance has been greatly overstated in the article. There was a previous AfD in 2008 that closed as keep after multiple WP:SPAs came out of the woodwork to defend it. The creator appears to have a close connection to the subject.

The band's greatest claim to fame is that the DJ Peanut Butter Wolf was (allegedly) a member. A scanned catalog page from the Electra's record label that I found on Facebook appears to support this but this is literally the only source I can find connecting Peanut Butter Wolf to the band, and his article does not mention it at all. I don't think this is verifiable enough for the article to even redirect to Peanut Butter Wolf. The other allegedly notable member is Brian Nixon, whose article I have also AfD'd because I don't believe he is actually notable.

The Electra supposedly had a "major release" on Epithet/Americanon, but in reality this label is so obscure that barely any verifiable information exists about it. The article also makes a weak claim that the band was "influential" because some of the members were in other bands. The band does not meet any of WP:BAND criteria 2–12 in my opinion.

The sources in the article are mostly offline but do not appear sufficient to meet the threshold of WP:BAND #1 or WP:GNG:

• References 1 and 2 are to the Monitor Newspaper, a college newspaper.
• References 3 and 4 are about Peanut Butter Wolf, not the Electra. The Examiner article is available via Newspapers.com and does not mention the Electra. There is no evidence the other article mentions the Electra either.
• Reference 5 is to an article from Assist News Service, a Christian news website. This is not an independent source as Brian Nixon is one of their writers.
• References 7 and 8 are from a local music publication. The articles are not online, but based on the titles "Musical Round-Up" and "Demo Round-Up" it is clear that the Electra is not the subject of these pieces. Brief mentions in a local music paper do not prove notability.
• Reference 10 is a dead link to what appears to be the Electra's record label. This is not an independent source.
• References 6 and 9 are to BAM, another music publication local to northern California. Reference 9 is titled "JBL Local Music Focus" which sounds like it is just a brief write-up which may not be specifically about the Electra. Reference 6 is apparently a review of one of the Electra's releases. These are the most substantial-seeming references in the article, but still not enough to prove notability. Local music papers cover a wide variety of acts and many of them are not notable.

I have searched for other sources using Newspapers.com since the band dates to the pre-internet era. I was not able to find a single article that even mentions the band. The references in the article seem to be the full extent of all coverage ever accorded to the Electra and in my opinion are not sufficient to prove notability. Camerafiend ( talk) 00:19, 7 September 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Camerafiend ( talk) 00:23, 7 September 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Camerafiend ( talk) 00:23, 7 September 2020 (UTC) reply

• Note to closer for soft deletion:? This nomination has had limited participation and falls within the standards set for lack of quorum. There are no previous AfD discussions, undeletions, or current redirects and no previous PRODs have been located. This nomination may be eligible for soft deletion at the end of its 7-day listing. -- Cewbot ( talk) 00:03, 15 September 2020 (UTC) reply

Related discussions: 2020-09 Brian Nixon ✗ delete

• Delete per nom - not enough independent coverage for notability, and nothing in NBAND is met. power~enwiki ( π, ν) 01:52, 16 September 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete per convincing rationale ( t · c) buidhe 09:26, 16 September 2020 (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.