Deletion of The Shells

Comment: the subject meets , notwithstanding the decidedly overeager adding of this group's name to virtually every page even remotely related to them or their style of music. The MTV coverage and media attention are sufficient to demonstrate the group's importance. There are problems with promotional tone, but this is not the proper theater for dealing with that. I recommend moving this page to The Shells (folk band), as The Shells (doo wop band) was inappropriately bounced out of the "The Shells" spot for this article, but I suppose this isn't the proper theater for dealing with that, either
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:MUSIC)

Comment: per nom. This is basically |promotional. The links supplied as references either lack somwewhat (read completely) in independence of the subject (or of MTV, the promoters). Otherwise, the references are TRIVIAL mentions, directory listing of the nominees, or fail  - especially in relation to the blogs and press releases
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Spam (WP:SPAM||WP:RS)

Comment: I initially recused myself from this discussion due to personal attacks from VMAsNYC, but now that "they" have been blocked I'll weigh in: '''Weak Keep''' after extreme trimming. Only the very bare minimum is needed on this band, but I do believe they are notable enough for an article. Placing in the top three in a competition with almost 200 bands from a major metropolitan area is a major accomplishment. The prize is non-trivial and despite not being aired on MTV, it ''was'' aired on MTV2 (according to the references). VMAsNYC et al was way too promotional in their efforts to create and link to this article, but that doesn't change the fact that the Shells (and MeTalkPretty and Red Directors for that matter) meet  8/9. Trim the  and remove the promotional links but there should be an article. The Written Roads|album should also be merged into the article(After further review of the article, aside from the track listing and the album cover, there is no additional information on the album page.  I'm going to boldly redirect since there is nothing of substance to merge.) and The Shells (disambiguation) should be moved back to The Shells
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BAND||WP:SPAM)

Comment: well referenced article which needs some work still but no . Nominator: , thanks
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:There is no deadline (WP:DEADLINE||WP:TEA)