Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Refugees (female folk trio)

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 keep. Discussion of possible page moves should be done through a separate move request. bd2412 T 04:37, 22 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails WP:BAND, each artist has their own page which does mention this group but there is not enough material to have its own page and is best left to the own individual articles. NZFC^(talk) 01:12, 6 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:18, 6 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I found this Lefsetz Letter] which suggests notability, and have posted something on the talk page encouraging the creator to see what else could be found. (as the source above says, they are a pretty 'off-grid' sort of band.) RobinLeicester (talk) 22:36, 7 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak delete "Weak" because I wanted to weigh in with a keep. This is a trio of three accomplished singer/songwriters, and I thought they'd easily meet GNG. But all I could find was this, from NPR. JSFarman (talk) 03:50, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 07:09, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• 'Keep, sort of Dabify. I get that this band isn't notable by itself, but given that we have other articles that mention it, it seems kind of dumb to not have this as a navigation aid. If there were only one article that mentioned this band, it would be a no-brainer to turn this into a redirect. Given that, it seems silly to delete it just because there's multiple mentions. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:03, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

PS (and only marginally related to this AfD): If we do end up keeping this, I'd move The Refugees to The Refugees (novel), and make The Refugees a WP:DAB page which points to The Refugees (novel), The Refugees (TV series), and The Refugees (female folk trio). And, of course, the reverse-pointing hatnotes on all of those. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:33, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Struck my keep !vote. The more I think about this, the more I'm convinced the right fix is to do this as a dab page, pointing directly to the individual members. I've done a sample at User:RoySmith/The Refugees -- RoySmith (talk) 13:10, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Keep For the same logic as RoySmith - also noting all the three members have their own pages. Deathlibrarian (talk) 08:10, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. I have added references, including the NPR piece identified above, to the article. I think there is enough material to meet WP:BAND.  gongshow  talk  19:36, 20 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I also recommend changing the title of the article to The Refugees (band), as one of the members is a man.  gongshow  talk  19:40, 20 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Easily satisfies WP:NBAND criterion 6. --Michig (talk) 20:17, 21 October 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.