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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 keep - while it is hard to determine the exact notability of the band due to so much of the coverage referenced being in non-English-language publications, there is sufficient evidence that I have to say "when in doubt, don't delete". --Stormie (talk) 09:56, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete fails WP:BAND. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. They seem to have considerably wide press coverage, consider this article in Bulgarian, this one in English, and this one in Turkish. That almost certainly means they've done international tours (someone who can read Turkish could help if that was a single date or more). Their albums are on Koolarrow Records (yeah, that's not in the article) which seems to qualify as a significant indie. So I'd say they meet WP:MUSIC #1, 4 and 5. The article could lose the promotional tone, but they seem to be notable. Rigadoun (talk) 06:22, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletions. —User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 03:07, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 15:35, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete "considerably wide press coverage" is just a bunch of grassroots and non-substantial music sites fromthe looks of it. Just because they have done tours doesn't mean anything. A band could fund their efforts for quite a long time and still not be notable. --Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 16:45, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral. While the article doesn't assert enough notability to pass WP:BAND, that page does mention that it should be treated with common sense. Perhaps the 3 international articles (if the Bulgarian & Turkish do indeed relate to them) make this band enough of an exception. alex.muller (talk) 20:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This article is about the band that is representative (one of rear) member of alternative Balkan music (WP:MUSIC#7). The band had has released two or more albums, (the next one will come in January 2008.) (WP:MUSIC#5). They also have made an international tour, and they are going on another one in march (WP:MUSIC#4). Thus article is related to the articles on few different languages. I agree that this article is not very well written, there should be more validated resources, but this doesn't mean it should be deleted, it is unfinished, not unnecessary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nveljkovic (talk • contribs) 00:57, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Convert the "Press" section to proper referencing. [1] demonstrates sufficient notability. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 09:54, 5 January 2008 (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.