Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steel (band)

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The result was merge to Dan Swano. And feel free to merge elsewhere, too. Missvain (talk) 01:41, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Steel (band)[edit]

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Not notable on its own, imo GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 06:59, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Short-lived (very short-lived, actually) Swedish power metal band. Yeah, it had three notable members (who are absolute legends, might I add), but I am still taking this to Afd because of the sourcing. Sourcing is very important on WP, in fact it's the heart and soul of WP. And the sourcing in the article is poor beyond belief. It is sourced solely to an external link, which is not even available. Google search did not help either, as the results I found there are the usual trash like metal archives, discogs, youtube and more unreliable looking sites. Those sites featured a review of their sole EP, which under normal circumstances would be considered good, and indicates notability, but the problem is that these sites look unreliable. And that is never a good sign. It doesn't help either that they had an incredibly basic name and an incredibly basic album title, so during the Google search, stuff related to actual steel, metal and machines came up. Btw, this has been sitting here since 2005. So yeah, despite the notable members, I think this short-lived band is not notable on its own, but it can live on as a redirect to any of the members' articles. Thoughts? GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 05:55, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 05:55, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sweden-related deletion discussions. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 05:55, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Dan Swanö. Maybe just a one-liner in his bio would be best. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:54, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:53, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into both Dan Swanö and Opeth. Very interesting, but not enough for its own piece, I don't think.--Concertmusic (talk) 23:41, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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