Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The House Jacks
per  and . We have reliable '''''secondary''''' sources to establish their notable. The group websites are insufficient. The blurbs on the sites that sell their CDs are insufficient. The coverage in their school newspapers&mdash;which doesn't make any claim to their being known outside their campus&mdash;is insufficient. The passing mention in news articles when they open for a notable artist is insufficient. I could start a website for my own a capella group or award and make claims. Unless a reliable source backs it up, self-claims to notability are worthless. The sources provided by Acafella are sufficient to prove ''existence'' not ''notability'' as per . What's missing in all of these keep votes is the nexus of notability and verifiability. You can't establish your notability in ways that aren't verifiable and visa-versa. I strongly advise the closing admin to discount these IP votes or votes from very new accounts
— User:Savidan, 00:09, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:RS||WP:NOR||WP:MUSIC (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)