Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bands from Spain

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The result was withdrawn by nominator. GlassCobra 20:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List of bands from Spain

Following List of Spanish musicians. List is too general. Mostly red links, notability dubious for most of the bands. Relevant bands can be incorporated into Music of Spain. Anna Lincoln (talk) 09:55, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep, I was unaware of the list until now, and as someone who follows Spanish popular music I found it very useful. The "red links" are mostly quite notable bands that I used to listen to when growing up - in fact, I may fill them in. Burning, Danza Invisible, La Década Prodigiosa, Los Elegantes, Gabinete Caligari, Greta y los Garbo, Los Inhumanos, Kaka de Luxe, Loquillo y los Trogloditas, Objetivo Birmania, Nacha Pop, Obús, Olé Olé, Los Rebeldes, La Unión, Tam Tam Go!, Seguridad Social and Los Secretos are in particular notable, have strings of number 1s to their name and are household names. I would even further add to that list with bands like No Me Pises Que Llevo Chanclas, Los Renegados, Revólver, Los Brioles, La Terremoto de Alcorcón etc etc. So I think the list serves as a good place for future articles to be made... to list all these bands under Music of Spain would make the latter too long, and also Music of Spain is not just about pop music. I personally think that we should not just keep this list, but expand it, and I think we should create articles for the ones in red (at least, for those who have enjoyed chart success. I really disagree with Anna Lincoln's comment that most of the bands' notability is dubious. I'd say I've heard of 90% of the red links. We just need someone on EN Wikipedia with time on their hands and an interest in Spanish pop and rock music to expand this section. If I have the time, I'll work on some of it this summer. Tris2000 (talk) 15:07, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I may be biased here, as I created this article ;-), but the reason I created it was precisely because I saw that the list of bands in Music of Spain (which I also contributed) was getting too long, and I felt that a specific page was needed. Similar pages exist for other countries and states, even where English is not the first language, such as Finland, Iceland or Japan, and even particular cities, such as Gothemburg. The fact that there are many red links often doesn't mean that the bands were not notable, most of them are very famous and successful in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries, but simply that nobody has had time yet to write articles about them in the English Wikipedia. There are, I agree, a handful of bands in the list (added by others, obviously) that I've never heard of, and it's possible that some of these are really not notable enough for inclusion, but I don't have the time or the inclination to be constantly policing what people decide to add. Nevertheless, I think that even if some fans may use this article to list obscure bands which maybe shouldn't be there, that doesn't invalidate the usefulness of the article in itself. El monty (talk) 12:24, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Update: I have edited the list and there is now a lot more blue among the red! El monty (talk) 15:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. —Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:20, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions. —Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:21, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. —Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:23, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This list has good potential. It should include sources and more information (maybe in a table format), but this is no criteria for deletion. Eklipse (talk) 16:58, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Tris2000 and El monty's solid arguments convinced me. Withdrawing nomination. --Anna Lincoln (talk) 19:39, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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