Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Driver (band)

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 delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:42, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Driver (band)

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Article about a Canadian rock band which is entirely unverifiable as written; with the exception of MySpace profiles, every single "reference" here is to the front splash page of an organization or media outlet mentioned in the article, and not to any content which actually verifies the existence or the notability of the band. There's also a possible conflict of interest here, as the person who created this is the same person who created the article about the artist management company that now represents one of the band's former members (and even that article is skirting the edge of being deletable as WP:SPAM.) I'd be happy to withdraw the nomination if somebody can Heymann it up to a keepable standard by actually tracking down real references which actually demonstrate the band's notability — but right now, it's a pretty unequivocal delete. Bearcat (talk) 18:58, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 00:12, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I'd categorize this on the "it's spam" side. There's no coverage in reliable sources about the band. There's only vague assertions of notability. There is no indication of the band being signed to a label. There's not even any indication they ever released an album. None of the claims in the article are backed by reliable sources. There's no doubt that the Hamilton Spectator is a reliable source. But there needs be a proper citation and not just a vague wave of the hand a link to the front page of the Spec's web site. -- Whpq (talk) 19:55, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No extensive coverage in reliable sources, therefore notability not established. Note that the reference section has been "padded" - many of the sites don't mentin the band at all, such as the ESPN2link and the Wushu Association. Dawn Bard (talk) 01:37, 11 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.