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Recently, many amateur collegiate a cappella groups have seen their profiles deleted because of their lack of notability or their failure to adhere to WP:MUSIC guidelines.

This particular group, the Duke's Men, does not do a great job of documenting media coverage from outside their university. However, their high placement in the ICCA tournament qualifies them under WP:MUSIC as "'having won or placed in a major music competition." The International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Tournament is an annual competition that regularly includes a field of over 150 collegiate groups. The Duke's Men placed second in 1996 and reached the finals in 2005 [1], which marks them as distinctive among collegiate groups.

The criteria of WP:MUSIC is, as you say "Has won or placed in a major music competition.". The Duke's Men of Yale won the New England Division of the 2005 ICCA, neither winning nor placing in the compatition itself (see [2]). The link to the 1996 results [3] is a 404 so this is not a reliable source. This is leaving aside the question of whether the competition itself qualifies as a "major music competition" since it is limited to colleges and A Capella. So far you have no9t provided evidence that this group meets WP:MUSIC Gwernol 03:35, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The above implies extremely strict standards for a "major music competition." I see nothing about the fact that it is limited to college groups, and definitely nothing about the fact that it is limited to a cappella groups, that prevents it from being considered "major." If the New England Division championship is a "major" competition, then they have satisfied WP:MUSIC. If it isn't "major" because it's only a qualifying round for another competition, then satisfaction of WP:MUSIC must rely on proof that they placed nationally in 1996. Xamxam27

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