Talk:The Main Drag

Notability Contested

I created the page for The Main Drag because the vast majority of bands featured in the Rock Band and Rock Band 2 soundtracks have Wikipedia pages... and because they're a pretty decent outfit. The band is easily as notable as many others which have Wikipedia pages. Should these additional external links be added to the page, demonstrating the band's notability in the music press?

Reviews in music press:
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/the-main-drag-yours-as-fast-as-mine
http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/1589/the-main-drag
http://cutandsewn.com/word/2008/12/13/cut-sewn-talks-to-the-main-drag/
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/02/the-main-drag.html
http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/article/the-main-drag-yours-as-fast-as-mine
http://www.twowaymonologues.com/reviews/the-main-drag/yours-as-fast-as-mine/
http://www.theowlmag.com/cdreviews.asp?id=532

Other online material:
http://www.theglorioushum.com/2007/09/main-drag-jagged-gorgeous-winter.html
http://itsnotthebandihateitstheirfans.blogspot.com/2007/05/main-drag.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0cExemfLpE (national Target ad featuring RB2 and the track in question)
WLight (talk) 01:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
When I made the page (as I'm sure Eeekster knows, this was my first page creation), I tried to do my best to mimic the format and use some of the code from other bands' pages, although the result isn't as thorough as most. I'd propose that somebody else with a little more knowledge of the material or experience with the Wikipedia interface spruce it up a little bit so that it conforms more closely with the depth of other pages, rather than delete it outright. I think the band is pretty clearly notable enough to merit inclusion - the Rock Band 2 soundtrack alone warrants a page, in my mind. WLight (talk) 01:10, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, I don't think reviews are enough, I mean, the coverage must be non-trivial...If you could find any other assertion of notability that meets the WP:BAND criteria, then we'll solve this issue. Victor Lopes (talk) 05:19, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

The definition of non-trivial at WP:BAND doesn't seem to me to exclude reviews by random online music zines. It basically excludes press releases or advertising as well as lists of information pertaining to a band or its activities. Reviews by their very nature are non-trivial because they're pretty much THE way to establish a band's notability - people are talking about them. Sure, they're not getting written up in Rolling Stone, but if that's the criteria for notability you're looking at a much smaller encyclopedia. And, again, to my mind this is all ancillary to the main fact - they're a featured artist in one of the most popular video games of all time. The Rock Band 2 page on Wikipedia has links to dozens of bands, most of which I've never heard of and who never did anything to merit more notoriety than they got from being in the game.WLight (talk) 07:39, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

The Guild

Perhaps a mention about the use of "Love During Wartime" (one of their songs) in the finale of the second season of The Guild is warranted, considering the lack of information on this page? --V2Blast (talk) 22:39, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

A bit NPOV

Wow, you can tell this article is being edited by fan(s). (I like them too). But statements like this are unsourced and probably NPOV: "together they make a formidable musical collective". Let's try to work these out of the article while keeping the rest of the well-sourced material. --WayneMokane (talk) 05:57, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

A bit? I did some work to make the page somewhat more neutral. 82.93.10.238 (talk) 15:15, 28 June 2009 (UTC)