Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darkroom (electronic music project)

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. Deletion concerns appear to have been addressed. (non-admin closure) Alpha_Quadrant ^(talk) 03:05, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Darkroom (electronic music project)[edit]

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I'm not really seeing much in the way of notability for this band. Burning Shed is a small independent label, and none of their albums seem to have done much of anything. I'm bundling one of the two members of the band here as well (Andrew Ostler), since he has an article solely on the basis of being a member of this band; the other one has another unrelated claim of notability that will have to be separately addressed. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:24, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 23:07, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Various Darkroom albums have been reviewed in reliable sources - Melody Maker, Sound On Sound, Future Music, The Wire - thus fitting one of the criteria for notability. While you may or may not consider the two main members notable, the project also has links to two established bands No-Man and Bass Communion via shared players and remix activity as well as being the main driver behind a longstanding London music clubnight (Improvizone). The main problem with the article is that it has not progressed beyond stub status, and it would be more appropriate to deal with that rather than go for speedy deletion. I'll expand the article shortly to deal with this problem. - Dann Chinn (talk) 22:30, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've proceeded with this, although more work could be done. Note the band's performance at a number of international loop music festivals, independently documented. - Dann Chinn (talk) 10:22, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:42, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re Andrew Ostler - I believe he's also produced looping/sound software as used by various other artists including Brian Eno. I'll look into this. - Dann Chinn (talk) 12:20, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger _{One ping only} 04:51, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:24, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Sufficient discography to merit inclusion. Yeah, it's self-sourced, which is less than optimum. Wikipedia is both a serious encyclopedia and a compendium of popular culture and this fits the latter. Informative piece containing information of possible interest to users that would be lost without a corresponding gain to the project, if deleted. A terrible rationale here, I know — so let's go with a pillar: Ignore All Rules (Use Common Sense) to improve the encyclopedia. Carrite (talk) 16:45, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep WP:GNG is shown in its reliable sources and accurate detailed description. – Phoenix B 1of3 (talk) 21:19, 28 October 2011 (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.