Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The NESkimos
- 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 no consensus. W.marsh 00:30, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The NESkimos
Not notable Akaneon 11:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep-this user trying to nominate "every article in Wikipedia" per deletion and was blocked for same. Bad-faith nomination.WP:BAND. And once again a change-it seems some reliable mentions have been found and notability has been established, so let's keep it after all. Seraphimblade 12:42, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]- True. But on the other hand everything in this article does apparently come from the band's own web site, per the many external links from the article to that site. So let's subvert the bad faith nomination into a good faith discussion of how this band satisfies the ]
- Delete - 675 ghits, nothing awfully ]
- What are your opinions of this coverage in Orlando Weekly and this interview by Planet GameCube? Uncle G 13:04, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Also note Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NESkimos. Uncle G 13:04, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete, possibly speedy as re-creation. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 13:20, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This band was also on an MTV special. It suits notability criteria number 5.
This is user SaxIndustries - I'm not sure how to properly tag things in this discussion, but I thought I should mention, the NESkimos have been featured in Jacksonville's Folio Weekly (a weekly printed newspaper), there's a scan of the article on ForGreatJustice.org, here's a direct link: NESkimos in Folio Weekly
There's also an article from their appearance at the World Series of Videogames.
As well, they've been on an MTV Special, the top 20 videogames of all time countdown (I don't remember the exact title, unfortunately), and they had a brief mention in Spin Magazine last year. I believe these qualify for the
I will openly admit, though, some items on the NESkimos wikipedia article didn't need to be there, such as all that detailed information on the web forums, and talk of users going through hard times together, or whatever it said, that was all completely useless. But I do believe they are an important band, and a Wikipedia-worthy band at that.
-SaxIndustries
- Keep. From what I can see, it passes ]
- Speedy Delete They are non notable and fail ]
- This makes no sense whatsoever. It doesn't matter if something fails WP:MUSIC on "a number of points". It only needs to meet ONE of the criteria. --- RockMFR 22:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Only one of the criteria needs to be met, if you read the article. Gmip 08:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. SaxIndustries provided plenty of information that proves the NESkimos are worthy of a Wikipedia page. TehBatman — TehBatman (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
I apologize, I meant to say it qualifies for
Apparently,
- Keep It passes WP:MUSIC according to #5. "Has been featured in multiple non-trivial published works in reliable and reputable media " At the very minimum, the world series of gaming and Folio. They have also, as said, been on MTV. --- Sanctusorium — Sanctusorium (talk • contribs) has made few or no other editsoutside this topic.
- Keep WP:MUSIC is met according to #5. "Has been featured in multiple non-trivial published works in reliable and reputable media " At the very minimum, Folio and the world series of video games. They were also the center piece of the zelda section on the mtv video game countdown — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.40.234.254 (talk • contribs)
- Comment: No user by this name even exists. Seraphimblade 04:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What I don't understand is, why this page is marked for deletion, but not, say,
The main point is, the NESkimos do in fact qualify in point five of
- Keep The name of the show on MTV was "Ultimate Video Game Countdown". It was sponsored by MTV and Electronic Gaming Monthly. It originally aired on January 2nd, 2004. It was a 20 game countdown, and the NESkimos were featured in the segment for the number 1 game, The Legend of Zelda. If this doesn't qualify them under #5 for Musicians and Ensembles, then also consider that they are one of the foremost recognized bands in the video game cover genre, having wide recognition on the internet, as well as playing shows at The World Video Game Championships in 2006, Penny Arcade Expo in 2005 & 2006, and MAGfest 2005 & 2006, which should qualify them under #7.
- Keep - Notability has been demonstrably and irrefutably proven. Score another loss for the deletionists. Professor Ninja 15:05, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep - For the same reasons as most of these other Keep-voting people.
- Keep - This is my official vote for "keep," for all the reasons I stated above. SaxIndustries
- Keep per the evidence presented by SaxIndustries, appears to meet the notability criteria within our WP:BAND guideline. Yamaguchi先生21:11, 14 November 2006
- Keep the MTV coverage provides proof of Notability per WP:MUSIC. ALKIVAR™ ☢ 23:00, 14 November 2006 (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.