Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/L.A. Rats

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Qwaiiplayer (talk) 02:21, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

L.A. Rats

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Non notable band. --Jax 0677 (talk) 23:32, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 23:40, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I think reaching the top 20 of an important musical chart (US mainstream rock) is prima facie evidence of notability. I didn't find it difficult to google up plenty of references, and even after ignoring duplicates from an obvious PR campaign, there was enough to easily meet our criteria. We have included other "supergroups" as separate pages in Wikipedia in the past. RomanSpa (talk) 00:05, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reply - Per WP:BAND, "Musicians or ensembles (this category includes bands, singers, rappers, orchestras, DJs, musical theatre groups, instrumentalists, etc.) may be notable if they meet at least one of the following criteria". --Jax 0677 (talk) 14:04, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reply. Indeed. They appear to meet criteria 1, 6 and 10 (enough reporting that's not press releases, notable members, and they're performing a track that's been used as a TV show theme). RomanSpa (talk) 01:23, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reply - WP:BURDEN. --Jax 0677 (talk) 07:31, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - It is true that they haven't done too much yet, but the charting single certainly helps with notability requirements at WP:NBAND, and they have been covered in these additional reliable sources: [1], [2], [3], [4]. Those sources and others can be added if/when the article survives this process. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 17:29, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Band definitely meets criteria of WP:BAND. Kevin19781 (talk) 01:05, 17 July 2021 (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.