Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fab Four Ultimate Beatles Tribute

Fab Four Ultimate Beatles Tribute

Non-notable band. The article makes some grandiose claims: they perform "all over the world", "started to make it big", "praised by many", "popular", "highly professional and accomplished musician[s]", "popularity continuously ... on the rise", "loving tribute ... has amazed audiences around the world", "across the globe", and of course, "please visit the official website". But let's try to sweep away some of this puffery. First, none of the sources is independent: of 15 links, 7 are the band's own site and 8 are self-published sites or blogs. And second, this "popular" band has just 130 Google hits - not much real-world confirmation of that "popularity". Obvious self-promotion here, so delete. Biruitorul ^Talk 05:07, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep. Someone just has it out for this page for some reason (nominating for speedy delete then immediately nominating again for deletion when the admin decided to keep it!). Frankly it's ridiculous, regardless of what malice Biruitorul has against the Fab Four, let it stay. The creator makes a good point, if the Fab Faux can have a page (and THEIR page is clearly self-promoting!), then the Fab Four can have one. Also the person who made the claim about Google hits is wrong - try searching for just 'Fab Four.' Here, I'll even give you the CORRECT link. [1] The Fab Four and their website, www.thefabfour.com, comes up #1 and has over 1,040,000 hits. In the real world, news articles are considered "verifiable" - not sure what planet you're coming from there. And if you actually looked at the links, I think most people would consider playing for Tom Hanks, Eric Idle, Paul Stanley, Dana Carvey, Billy Crystal, etc., AND playing at places like the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie hall "notable." How can you GET more notableMissPijon
Delete. I have to question User:MissPijon's "keep" recommendation above. The phrase "fab four" did not originate with Fab Four Ultimate Beatles Tribute. That's a nickname that was originally applied to The Beatles themselves. It doesn't hurt the notability of this particular group that they are the #1 Google result for the phrase "fab four", but they can't take credit for most of the other 1 million-plus hits. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 08:24, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Everyone is harping on the name "Fab Four Ultimate Beatles Tribute." If the creator changed the name to "The Fab Four," which if you will read the article IS the name of the group (and has been since 1997), would this settle everyone down? I think the creator was trying to be descriptive with the title, but the name of the group is "The Fab Four."MissPijon (talk) 09:22, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep it I have seen these guys perform. I can verify that they do play around the world, and you can verify that yourself just by going to their site and clicking on "calendar." They played in Liverpool just last year and Paris the year before. In the next few months they'll be all over the US, from California to Florida to Oregon to Georgia, and up in Canada. Penn Gillette of Penn & Teller introduces their shows. They are a huge part of the Beatles tribute community and this article should stay. I do think the name for the article should be changed to just "Fab Four" or "The Fab Four" though. I think this should be required for this article to stay. The title now is really confusing and probably ticks off other tributes.Jedi1985 (talk) 09:47, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]