Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boys Generally Asian

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The result was keep. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 03:25, 2 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Boys Generally Asian

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Non-notable parody group. Fails WP:BAND. Sro23 (talk) 19:14, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

But this page should not be deleted. Boys generally Asian's single "Who's It Gonna Be" is currently (March 26, 2017) No. 1 on iTunes U.S K-Pop song chart. This is in line with with WP:BAND criteria item 2: "Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart."DerekJiang (talk) 04:26, 26 March 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.103.220.94 (talk)
Keep Above comment confirmed DisappointMyParents(talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:15, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As mentioned by the above two comments, the group's single "Who's It Gonna Be" is indeed No. 1 on the iTunes chart. [1] Contradicts Sro23's statement. Omkar1234talk 15:26, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Parody group. Also iTunes is not a reliable chart per WP:BADCHARTS. Rockysmile11^(talk) 21:08, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep there are an impressive 10 citations for this article. Ethnic bands should not be downplayed as they may be important to their own community. --Oskinet (talk) 00:45, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Many music groups exist solely for parody but still contribute significantly to the music culture. See "Weird Al Yankovic." BgA is stirring up quite a conversation not only within YouTube but also in the actual Korean Kpop community - see sources. --Aredotwice (talk) 00:06, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Ryan Higa. Blackguard 07:47, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment iTunes is NOT a national music chart and cannot be used to meet WP:BAND, and as Rockysmile11 correctly points out, it is a deprecated chart. As for Oskinet's comment about the 10 citations, please note that five of those are not reliable secondary sources (two of those are instagram posts and three are youtube links to the band's own channel). Bennv3771 (talk) 09:18, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Independent news sources around the world have acknowledged this group, per WP:BAND criteria item 1: "Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable, not self-published, and are independent of the musician or ensemble itself."— Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.88.112.95 (talk) 13:38, 28 March 2017 (UTC)‎[reply]

Where do you see that? So far the article contains maybe one or two good independent secondary sources. Soompi, koreaboo, instagram, youtube, etc. are not reliable third-party sources. Sro23 (talk) 18:10, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I added more sources. Some are foreign, but they seem independent and credible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.88.112.95 (talk) 20:27, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It should be acknowledged that iTunes indeed isn't a national chart required by WP:BAND item 2. However it should be noted that while some may argue sources mentioned by some above are not "notable" sources, many are indeed somewhat major publications, such as the Daily Dot. The only conclusion I can draw for item 1 is that it is vague and can be argued both ways. Also, there are two notable musicians on BGA: David Choi and Jun Sung Ahn. You can find more about them on their respective Wikipedia pages. This fits item 6 of WP:BAND, thus making BGA a legitimate parody band. DerekJiang (talk) 01:38, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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