Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Multitone Records

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:06, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Multitone Records

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This record label does not appear to be notable. In all of the sources provided, only one of them is reliable (being an article out of Billboard magazine). The other three are blogs. And overall, the article is not sourced and seems to be full of original research that is not supported by any of the sources. —Ryulong (竜龙) 21:04, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

correction, two articles from billboard — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noxiousnews (talk • contribs) 21:16, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
consideration for deletion is purely subjective bias at this point. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noxiousnews (talk • contribs) 21:26, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- No. I got rid of one because it did not mention Multitone Records at all.—Ryulong (竜龙) 22:27, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - that was an act of vandalism because the article clearly states BMG buying a stake in "britain's multitone records", I invite you to read again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noxiousnews (talk • contribs) 22:41, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - That was not vandalism. And I see the mention now. However, the "source" only mentions Multitone in passing.—Ryulong (竜龙) 23:11, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep During the 80's, Multitone Records was essentially the only record label for bhangra music and it was, during its lifetime, the largest Asian record label in the world. Certainly notable. Silver seren^C 23:57, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Silver seren is correct. Without Multitone Records, its doubtful if Bhangra Music as a genre would have come into being. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noxiousnews (talk • contribs) 00:13, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No offense, but it would be better if you stopped responding in this AfD, you're just going to have people get grumpy and reflexively vote Delete. I can handle this. Silver seren^C 01:21, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Does not meet Notability requirements,

WP:CORPDEPTH, WP:GNG or WP:BAND. Planetary ChaosTalk 00:29, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The corporation is clearly notable, it has two full sources in the article already and you have to consider that it is a corporation from the late 70's and early 80's in the UK, most sources are going to be offline. Silver seren^C 01:20, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
He probably didn't even the article, as it's not about a WP:BAND. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 04:52, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:48, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:49, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Silverseren. Sufficient sources are provided to show notability. The cited Billboard article makes the label's significance apparent.--Arxiloxos (talk) 04:33, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Enough academic and industry sources discuss this company. The article meets both the letter and the spirit of the notability guidelines. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 04:49, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Not stupendously notable, but enough decent refs to make it easily over the line. Black Kite (t) (c) 06:13, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - per Silverseren and the multiple sources in the article that establish notability. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:01, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.