Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mr. Zoob

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. Black Kite (talk) 22:29, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Zoob

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Do not appear to satisfy WP:NBAND. – DarkGlow (✉) 14:13, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. – DarkGlow (✉) 14:13, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. – DarkGlow (✉) 14:13, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Poland-related deletion discussions. – DarkGlow (✉) 14:13, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - I am something of a scholar of Eastern European rock music during the Communist era (long story), and this band has an interesting tale of playing rock during the harshest years of Communist Poland. Unfortunately, unless their name has different spellings, I can find no reliable media coverage beyond their own websites. Online sources are highly unlikely because they were most active in the pre-Internet years, but I can also find nothing via Google Books, except for a few brief mentions in works about their hometown. Alas, their history will have to be written down elsewhere. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:22, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep You should have seen the Top 30 website (LP3) to get acquainted with their good chart results. There are some stories about them in the music press of these years (Non Stop, Magazyn Muzyczny), unfortunately I do not have access to them right now. Perhaps somebody can help with it. Besides, no, there's been only one spelling of the name, meaning in some convoluted way "A gentleman from the UB (secret police)". Kicior99 (talk) 14:00, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect/Merge to "Rock music in Poland". Would hate to lose the history of this band 22:45, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

The Rock music in Poland article is such a mess that it may not deserve to have things merged into it. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:30, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. I listed the Polish version of this article on pl wiki's add. Let's way a bit, the odds are someone there can find better sources. The article was created there by a veteran Polish Wikipedian (but in 2007). The standards have risen and sources are required, of course. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:12, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep 6 songs appeared on LP3, including "Kartka dla Waldka" (7th) and "Kawałek podłogi" (8th). Yurek88 (talk) 13:36, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep. Some sources have been found in the Wikipedia:Poczekalnia/artykuły/2021:01:16:Mr. Zoob but the venom directed at me there for daring to AfD the apparently liked music group for deletion (despite the fact that as written there, it had no references and no claim to notability) does not make feel like spending more time looking into this of fixing the article. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:27, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Where are the sources? Does not meet WP:BAND. If they had Top 30 album or tracks, evidence and sources must be provided. Expertwikiguy (talk) 23:06, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Expertwikiguy, Sources have been added to Polish Wikipedia, although they are not very strong. Also please consider this new referenced section (machine translation from pl wiki b/c I am pressed for time): "In 1984–1985, a number of Mr. Zooba hit the hit list of Program Three (LP3). The greatest successes were achieved by: "A card for Waldek" (7 weeks on the list, 7th place achieved), and "A piece of flooring" (11 weeks, 8th place). The same list also includes the following compositions: "And I'm laughing out loud", "What are you staring at", "No, don't love me", "Just one step". In 1990, the song "Fala" debuted at the 50th position of LP3, but it did not appear in the following charts [3]. The song "I am waiting here" was more popular in 2007, and it managed to last for 11 weeks, reaching the 23rd place. [3] In the TOP20 list of Program III, the songs "A piece of flooring" and "A card for Waldek" were the greatest successes in the band's achievements, which scored 55 and 40 points respectively [3]." - perhaps it helps the band meet WP:BAND? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:44, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please add sources here and i can review again. Need proof that they had top 30 tracks. Expertwikiguy (talk) 17:58, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Expertwikiguy, The reference cited on pl wiki is [1] (Lista Przebojów Programu Trzeciego). In all honesty, I find it hard to decode and justify all the content quoted and translated above it claims to refeence, but the discussion on pl wiki was closed with people throwing the virtual equivalent of rotten tomatoes at me and telling me that 'I don't know Polish classics'. Sigh. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:07, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Given the new source for top 30 track, I am striking my Delete, but I am not convinced enough this is a credible source to place a Keep. I will stay neutral. Expertwikiguy (talk) 19:12, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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