Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Art Brut (band)

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Art Brut (band)[edit]

~~Vanity~~ page for a band with "Mike on drums," "known for their ambition to play on Top of the Pops." ~~No evidence that the band has ever released a record or performed in concert.~~ BTfromLA 07:24, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

~~If they play Top of the Pops, they will have had a hit record in the UK and meet the WikiMusic guidelines. Delete unless evidence of compliance with such guidelines is shown.~~ Keep given Morwen's research. Capitalistroadster 01:58, 27 May 2005 (UTC) Capitalistroadster 07:33, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. If you'd done even the slightest bit of research, you would have discovered they have a number of singles out already, and an album out on Monday. They have been prominently featured in NME, and at least one of their singles has gone top 40. Morwen - Talk 13:40, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mea Culpa: I responded to the article itself rather than looking for independent verification, which I ought to have done. It appears that the band has released two singles and received some notice in the UK music press. There is a little promo video for them at the NME web site [1]. (Not bad, at that.) I still question whether that is sufficient for a wikipedia entry: it isn't my impression that the goal is to provide an encyclopedia entry for everyone who ever released a record or published a book, is it? But clearly the band exists outside of the mind of the article writer, so it was not fair to dismiss it as sheer vanity. BTfromLA 14:16, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep: They seem to be a medium fish in a small pond. They have had one single get to number 22 on the Indie charts, but that seems to be a pretty low bar [2] google cache Wikibofh 14:24, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- If you look at the link you provided, you will see that the week before the position of that single in that chart was 12, and it had entered at number 4. Morwen - Talk 08:47, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as they've been written about in a number of publications, and I believe they've technically done an international tour. Beyond that, even if we do decide to delete this article, chances are that, given the buzz they're generating, this article will resurface shortly anyway. --Badlydrawnjeff 14:55, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, thanks for the research Morwen and others. Kappa 16:55, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Vorash 09:47, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. I have expanded the article. No change from keep.Capitalistroadster 05:13, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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