Talk:Happy Talk Band

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I placed the hang on tag on the page because I don't believe that speedy deletion is appropriate. This is a band in a large U.S. city with a large and loyal local following with regional and national exposure and needs a Wikipedia article for people seeking information on the band.

Hello! I'm not the one who tagged this page, but was driving by and thought I'd comment. To meet Wikipedia requirements, the subject of the article needs to be notable. In encyclopedic terms, notability has nothing to do with popularity and everything to do with independent, verifiable sources that mention the subject. So....if you can come up with several outside publications that talk about your band (did a newspaper or music mag review you?), you can solve the notability issue. Your Facebook or band page don't count, and neither to videos to youtube you've uploaded. Hopefuly this helps. Good luck :) Pianotech (talk) 20:04, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback. I have added some reviews as reference, hopefully those are more credible sources.Tphollingsworth (talk) 20:33, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. :) Ultimately it's up to the administrators, but I think you may have a better shot at it now. The more independent references you can show, the better. Take care, Pianotech (talk) 20:39, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I declined the {{db-band}} request - there seems to be an implicit indication that the subject is significant, by virtue of the referenced media coverage. I'm still unconvinced that the subject is that notable, however. I've proposed the article be deleted, which will allow some time for further references and claims of notability to be added. TFOWR 12:34, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What types of references would be appropriate to demonstrate notability outside of media coverage?98.164.77.13 (talk) 20:12, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence that the band had a single or album on a national music chart (e.g. a link to the national chart, Billboard, say), two or more members who are themselves notable (in this case meaning: they have articles already), winning a Grammy (though I suppose that'd be covered by the media) - things like that. This is the relevant guideline. There are loads of ways besides simply media coverage. TFOWR 20:18, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your feedback. I have added mention of the fact that former members of a band that has an article already are now in the current lineup of this band, and made mention of another current band member being an accomplished solo artist with a reference for that. I will keep pulling references as I find them. What is the time frame for this proposed deletion and at what point will the article be suitable to have the tag removed?Tphollingsworth (talk) 21:00, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the WP:PROD tag - several band members in a notable band sounds good enough to me. Happy editing! TFOWR 21:08, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for the help!Tphollingsworth (talk) 21:52, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]