Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clemson University Tiger Band

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Previously tagged for CSD but declined by my good friend and colleague {{U|DGG}} (we don't have to agree on everything) with the suggestion that following a review of the sources , it could be sent here. Those sources appear to me to be simple listings or the bands own newsletters & other primary sources, and I haven't been able to find any that aren't. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:18, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:41, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:41, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of South Carolina-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:41, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

• Keep. Rather than deleting, at a minimum it would be better to redirect to List of marching bands, where the band has already been listed. I have just created a List of collegiate bands in the United States redirect to a section in that list, and may start a table there. The topic could redirect to the Clemson University Tiger Band row in that table.

:However, I believe the band is notable. I read in a Google book snippet from the South Carolina encyclopedia that (approximately) the 25 seconds while students run down to rub some rock while the band plays the Tiger Rag are "the 25 most exciting seconds in collegiate football". I just added [http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/clemsons-marching-band-did-a-nintendo-tribute-halftime-show/ this CBS Sports' news article(? or blog-like entry?) about Clemson's 2013 tribute to Nintendo characters]. The band existed since before 1937, there are going to be dead-tree sources. One of its directors wrote one of the main instruction books on marching bands. --doncram 01:24, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

• Keep - largely agree with doncram. There is a snippet view of the band performing for JFK here [https://books.google.com/books?id=Go8VAAAAIAAJ&q=Clemson+Band&dq=Clemson+Band&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiY9pDfncbOAhWC8CYKHerMBksQ6AEIUzAJ] and this book mentions the football team's entrance also [https://books.google.com/books?id=zPugTuXMEq8C&pg=PA144&dq=Clemson+Band&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiY9pDfncbOAhWC8CYKHerMBksQ6AEINDAE#v=onepage&q=Clemson%20Band&f=false]. I think it is likely that other print sources are likely to exist also. shoy (reactions) 15:24, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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