Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nu Generation

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 no consensus. No one wants this to be deleted completely, but opinion is split between merge/redirecting and keeping. (non-admin closure) f e minist 12:15, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nu Generation

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Article about a band, which asserts a notability claim but fails to reliably source it. NMUSIC criteria are not passed just because they're claimed to have been passed; they're passed only when the claim to passage is reliably sourced to media coverage about them. But I've just done a Google search, and came up completely dry for any evidence of media coverage whatsoever -- and even if the chart position can be nominally verified in some source I'm missing, the band still can't have an article if they're so unsourceable otherwise that, for example, we can't even provide the names of the band members. No prejudice against recreation in the future if somebody can write and source something more substantial than a single sentence stating that they existed, but what's here simply isn't enough. Bearcat (talk) 16:34, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. NewYorkActuary (talk) 18:27, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. NewYorkActuary (talk) 18:27, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to In Your Arms (Rescue Me). I've managed to find sourcing, but only for the song and not the band. The article's creator already created an article for the song, but made it a redirect to the band. Essentially, I'm proposing that it be the other way around. NewYorkActuary (talk) 18:33, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Two charting singles in the UK - "In Your Arms" (no. 8) and "Nowhere to Run" (no. 66),[1] and other sources confirm Nu Generation is actually Aston Harvey of Freestylers ([2], [3]), so a merge there is also a possibility. --Michig (talk) 06:31, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep Poorly written and sourced, it definitely needs improved, but worthiness of having a Wikipedia entry is proved by Michig (talk). I agree a redirect is a solution at the ver least. ShelbyMarion (talk) 14:16, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:42, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:21, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge/Keep Clearly meets "Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart." on WP:NMUSIC. Sourcing is sufficient to verify that fact. However, as Michig shows, this was a one-off brand used by Aston Harvey; as he does not have a page of his own this should redirect/merge to Freestylers. Power~enwiki (talk) 19:59, 8 May 2017 (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.