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The result was keep. The added sources have move this from non-notable territory. Kevin (talk) 21:32, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Megarex[edit]

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fails WP:MUSIC Ironholds (talk) 17:51, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —J04n(talk page) 19:41, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. The claims of notability just aren't really notable ("participated in" festivals without in-depth review of the performance, and non-winner in a competition). Bundle with it the group's album:

Megarex (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

...which also has no claim of notability (no charted hits; I am not finding any in-depth critical reviews, but I can't check native-language sources easily). DMacks (talk) 19:50, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• • Switch to keep for the band based on sources now listed. Thanks Power.corrupts! If the article is kept, merge and redirect album into it. Cited refs are only brief mention of the release or noting (according to google-translation) how the album is a good example of their style, no independent notability of the album itself. DMacks (talk) 17:44, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: I can't find significant coverage for this band. Joe Chill (talk) 19:51, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I can not find reliable sources providing coverage for this band. Appears to fail WP:BAND.  Gongshow ^Talk 21:58, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Per the sources provided below by Power.corrupts, which WP:NONENG permits (though they're not preferable), I will stay Neutral, as I am not convinced that the band is non-notable.  Gongshow ^Talk 00:57, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: As the creator of this article, I'm against the deletion of this page and I'll try to justify its survival. I know a few people heard about the band outside Brazil. However, it's considered one of the best bands of São Paulo, Brazil, in the last years. I added to the article some references talking about the notability of the band, the most relevant texts I found in the web. So, I think these (the content of the texts) are suficient reasons to give this band articles in Wikipedia. It's important to note that this article contributes to expand knowledgement about Brazilian music and culture.Victor Silveira (talk) 07:49, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I added another source I found. After this, I think the article meets many of the criteria for musicians and ensembles. It surely meets the 1st. According to Megacity sounds source (reference 6 of the article), it meets the 7th. At last, once it was the third place in a internacional festival, confirmed by the site of the festival (added as reference), I think it meets the 9th. Despite almost all of the references are in portuguese, I guarantee it confirms everything that is in the article.Victor Silveira (talk) 09:26, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Perhaps I can be of some assistance to those who cannot find sources. I use Google, in advanced search I mark only Portuguese language [1] - that returns 36,5k hits.
  • "Parque de SP prepara dois dias de atrações musicais". FolhaOnline. February 5, 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2009. -- puts them in good company with other notable artists, and mentions their earlier participation in significant and notable events
  • "Comer de madrugada, por Marco Camarano, das bandas Megarex e Mother Funkers". FolhaOnline - Revista. Retrieved 25 November 2009. -- additional mention, but article is not accessible without subscription, not an uncommon occurrence in non-English speaking countries
  • "Com o aval de O Teatro Mágico, MegaRex se apresenta no CCSP no sábado, 26.01, São Paulo, SP · 26/1". Overmundo. January 12, 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2009. -- a presentation before their performance at Centro Cultural São Paulo, they seem to have won a competitions of sort, I dont understand it well, the source seems to be a blog with editorial oversight, i.e. [WP:RS]]
  • "Projeto Musical Villa-Lobos leva MegaRex e outros artistas para parque, São Paulo, SP · 09/2 a 10/2". Overmundo. February 9, 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2009. -- quite obvious that Overmundo is a RS - independent coverage and editorial oversight
  • "Megarex mistura sons e disponibiliza MP3". Território da Música. December 2, 2003. Retrieved 25 November 2009. -- they won a semifinals of sorts in 2003, the source seems to be a blog with editorial oversight, i.e. WP:RS
  • "iG Papo: Megarex - Melhores Momentos". TV IG. Retrieved 25 November 2009. -- an interview in a TV show
  • "JustTV: Talk Show - Entrevista com a Banda MegaRex e com a Dançarina Nete Salmah - 15/09/09". JustTV (?). September 19, 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009. -- and oh, another interview on TV

While I have only checked the first 50 Google hits, and followed a lead on one the the newpapers, it would sort of seem safe to assume that the band could reasonable satisfy WP:MUSIC #1, even taking WP:BIAS issues for foreign language sources into account Power.corrupts (talk) 11:46, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Glad someone who speaks the language of the nation they are in, and would thus get coverage in, took the time to search for news sources. Dream Focus 02:24, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Power.corrupt, thank you for helping me. I'll add these references you found to the article soon, maybe some hours later. Dream Focus, I'm a little busy at this week, but I'm always looking for any news. Surely, I'll add new sources soon. Thank you for helping me too.Victor Silveira (talk) 15:00, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I expanded the article and added the sources Power.corrupt found. Soon, I'll search for some more news sources and I hope I (or someone else) can improve this article.Victor Silveira (talk) 04:58, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Per Power.--Epeefleche (talk) 13:54, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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