Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fuse (band)

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The result was no consensus. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:10, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fuse (band)[edit]

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Doesn't appear to satisfy the WP:NBAND notability criteria. Please also see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert "Stewkey" Antoni. Squinge (talk) 13:43, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:18, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:18, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NORTH AMERICA¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:07, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:GNG and WP:MUSIC. References in the article are unconvincing. --MelanieN (talk) 05:01, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep~~ - per WP:MUSBIO, where #6 reads "Is an ensemble which contains two or more independently notable musicians" (members in this band included Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, Thom Mooney, Robert "Stewkey" Antoni, and Bun E. Carlos). At the very least, Fuse also historically relevant as an early form of Cheap Trick. Earflaps (talk) 06:23, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It should be noted that Mooney and Antoni are currently at AfD. --MelanieN (talk) 16:47, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My thought was that there seems to be a bit of circular reasoning amongst these articles. The band is notable for having notable musicians in it, and these notable musicians are notable for being in the notable band. Also, is Fuse (band) a distinctly separate band from Nazz? At Fuse (band) it says the band played "under two monikers, Fuse or Nazz, depending on where they were gigging". It all seems a bit marginal to me. Squinge (talk) 17:25, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You make a good point, I missed that fact. I change my vote to ~~Redirect to Nazz.~~ Earflaps (talk) 18:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I change my vote again, back to Keep, per this further explanation on the Nazz page:

Stewkey and Mooney later reconnected and played with Fuse for a brief period using two monikers, Fuse or Nazz, depending on where they were gigging. Mooney would leave again, and Fuse evolved into "Sick Man of Europe", and later (without Stewkey) Cheap Trick.[1][2]

Even if the two members listed for afd are deleted, there are still enough other notable members for MUSICBIO #6 to be perfectly valid. Earflaps (talk) 18:19, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 11:37, 17 February 2015 (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.