488:. In fairness to the nominator, the searches are muddied by the several variations of Spy Vs Spy, V.Spy V. Spy, and other dodges of a possible infringement on the Mad comic strip. This sometimes awful band got frequent airplay and attention, I could not be ignorant of them no matter how hard I tried. Reliable soures will be multiple and easily found. Keep.
563:(EC)Sometimes noms overlook something, like the variant spelling of this name, and they demonstrate their respect for other contributors time by withdrawing. This is a good thing, it often precedes speedy closes, and avoids wasting the time of an admin who has to carefully go over the facts and references. Thanks for the AFSA link McWomble.
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It is not written in the AfD guidelines that this suggestion is inappropriate. This is why I said it was inappropriate, not prohibited. Yes, nominations can be withdrawn at any time, but that is at the discretion of the nominator and your request is in poor faith here. If an uninvolved person
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Highly notable 80s band, but as google wasn't around in the 80s finding (online) sources may be difficult, but not impossible - I'm sure they've done national tours/ charted etc. I haven't been involved in music band notability debates before, is having songs/music housed in
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libraries enough to prove notability? Quality of the article needs improving, but that is irrelevant here. As they predate myspace by about 20 years, the previous comment is misleading.
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isn't an independent source but it shows one of the band members standing in front of a V. Spy V. Spy gold record. Yes, a
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