Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flightside

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The result was delete. Missvain (talk) 15:59, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Flightside[edit]

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Seemingly unnotable band. No significant coverage in reliable sources found. Proposed deletion template removed by an IP without providing a reason. Related article (one of the band members), also up for discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarah Eaglesfield (2nd nomination) Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 12:44, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 13:07, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 13:07, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. It took me some time to make that decision, because their early embrace of the internet and the now faintly comic attempt to "game" the streaming charts before streaming really took off (heavens - now, it would be attempting to game the much-diminished download market), do at least give a hint of notability. But on balance I don't think these are quite enough. RobinCarmody (talk) 00:10, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Full disclosure, I am Mark from the band! We had a lot of print coverage at the time in the 90s. Worked with people like Dave Stewart and Dave Grohl. It would pain me to see this go but appreciate Robin's point of view too. 62.31.81.43 (talk) 16:04, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Can you provide us with citations to that print coverage? It doesn't have to be online, but if there are several sources published in major music or news magazines that are available in a library or print database, the article should be retained. Chubbles (talk) 17:17, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Will have to get my old clippings out to work out exact dates. Kerrang! used to have small snippets of news in the first front pages and they would tout our gigs (around 93?) they plugged us heavily. We were featured twice in X Magazine, and did a couple of Breakout Act interviews for Melody Maker. It was never more than a page but it was constant. Did a student radio tour so should be in quite a few student mags from the time. I will look and see if I can add references over the weekend if you can give me some grace time. Thank you for being responsive! 62.31.81.43 (talk) 08:33, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. per nom . No significant coverege on independent relieble sources, No evidence of Notability , Samat lib (talk) 09:48, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 00:42, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I'm simply not seeing enough coverage to show that this band meets WP:GNG. The current sourcing in the article is mostly unusable, and I've been unable to find anything better. The current article has 13 sources in it, which consist of:

A dead link to an MTV artist profile
A dead link to a BBC music profile
A Brunel university student newspaper, reporting on a Brunel university student band. This source is not independent of the subject and is probably not the most reliable reporting
A short interview about a project Sarah was doing in Chile. Since this was published by an official Chilean website it is likely not independent, as the project was funded by the Chilean government
A link to buy their EP on amazon
A dead link to a BBC video on the launch of the UK streaming chart, which seems to have no relation to Flightside
A random link to Deezer, no idea what it's doing there
A Facebook post that is unrelated to Flightside
A dead link to the bands own website
A dead yahoo news link, which I thought would be a useable source but appears to actually be a reprint of this paid press release from prweb.com
Musicbrainz, unreliable user generated content
Musicbrainz again
Another amazon link to buy their EP

Nothing here appears to be substantial, reliable, independent coverage. I've searched but been unable to find anything better. Since the Newspaper sources mentioned by the IP above haven't been added to the article it would appear that coverage of this band simply does not exist. 86.23.109.101 (talk) 18:41, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per the IP above me. Too bad the newspaper sources haven't been added, so I also think coverage is non-existent. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 19:43, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Kolma8 (talk) 10:51, 16 December 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.