Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The White Birch (band)

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The result was no consensus. Stifle (talk) 09:13, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The White Birch (band)

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I can find no reliable English sources for this band. Their albums have never charted, and the article fails to provide any sourcing whatsoever, so they fail WP:N and WP:MUSIC. ArcAngel (talk) 17:47, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. Although at least one of their albums are available for purchase on import, all the Ghits I found are mainly blogs and their MySpace profile. Everything else that appears to be reliable are articles about the album the band got their name from, not the band itself. THE AMERICAN METROSEXUAL 18:59, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Searched Norwegian charts and certifications under their English & Norwegian name with no hits. Found a biography at sputnikmusic but it's not written by one of their professional writers. J04n(talk page) 01:55, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, it's not surprising that a Norwegian indie band doesn't have a great deal of press coverage in English. Nevertheless, I was able to find stuff here and here, and I suspect there's more coverage in Norwegian. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 00:00, 12 September 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Keep~~Comment~~ According to their myspace site [1], they won best video of the year at the Norwegian MTV video awards 2006, and nominated for the Norwegian Grammys[2]. Can anyone find a reliable source for this? Edgepedia (talk) 16:13, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- There is also an interview here [3] Edgepedia (talk) 16:20, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Their website was www.thewhitebirch.no, and this no longer exists. However, it's on archive.org. I've found two more interviews here and here. Edgepedia (talk) 16:47, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- They seem to have had two mainstream albums - Star is just a Sun, this is reviewed by allmusic here, and Come up for Air here. I haven't time to update the article, but I think there's enough for a keep. Edgepedia (talk) 16:58, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for now. No evidence that they have charted and the reviews are in publications that are marginal RS. allmusic aims to review as much material as possible and, in my view, doesn't confer notability. Bridgeplayer (talk) 03:57, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 04:13, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The English-language sources found are adequate for a keep, and ther will certainly be more coverage in Norwegian.--Michig (talk) 09:02, 16 September 2009 (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.