Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BeForU

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. Abecedare (talk) 17:03, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BeForU

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BeForU FIRST LIVE at ZeppTokyo 2006 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
BeForU II (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
BeForU (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
BeForU II (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
KI・SE・KI (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Article on a band which has never had any independent sources, along with the related articles which all have the same problem. I came across this due to tagging of an album page as CSD#G11. Guy (Help!) 18:50, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep BeForU, obviously notable, having released four albums and six singles. I would suggest dealing with the the group article nomination first and the individual releases after that deletion discussion is concluded. TJRC (talk) 19:15, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not really notable, lack of independent sourcing, and their only claim to fame is DDR. ShawnIsHere (talk) 22:26, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 23:07, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as they more than meet WP:BAND (specifically, they meet #2 (charted single or album), #5 (2+ major label albums), and #10 (performed music for a work of media that is notable: DDR is clearly very notable)). Their single "Shangri-La" reached 110 on the Oricon charts [1], the single "Yohanabi" reached 102 [2], the single "Strike Party!!!" reached 49 and was on the charts for three weeks [3], "Red Rocket Rising" reached 68 and was on the charts for 3 weeks, the album Shangri-La (yes the same name as the single) reached 221 on the charts [4], the album Be4U III reached 126 on the charts [5]. They have released albums and singles through two major labels (Konami and avex mode) and one label I haven't heard of (Gambit, it's probably a fairly new label). They clearly meet the notability requirements. This is just what I found after 5 minutes of quickie searching on Google. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 00:55, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 00:16, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 20:27, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per sources found by Nihonjoe. Oricon is on WP:GOODCHARTS, so it passes WP:BAND #2. Haven't looked into the rest, but one criteria is sufficient. VernoWhitney (talk) 16:23, 18 April 2010 (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.