Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tapes

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The result was merge into one article, I guess it'll be at Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tapes. - Bobet 22:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tape 11 and Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tape 14

Mercedes-Benz is certainly notable, but is everything they do notable by association? These mixtapes are a series of MP3 collections hosted on the company's official site, consisting of — and here's the main problem — songs primarily by unsigned artists. That means it's not particularly useful to list them on Wikipedia, since there's no way to discuss the musicians in any sort of context, since no verifiable sources have really discussed what they've done or influenced in the music world (other than "they submitted their demo tapes to Mercedes-Benz"). (The one notable exception I've found out of the two articles seems to be Tosca from 11.) Also, the past Mixed Tapes aren't even available on the site anymore. Unint 18:16, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

• Pare down to one article I can accept that it's reasonable to have an article on this subject, but I don't think there's a need for 14 or so. Mister.Manticore 18:41, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into one article I agree, having one article for Mercedes' Mixed Tape series might be good, not too sure about the benefits of 14+ individual pages. --Lijnema 15:58, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Merge down I like merging, and I am downloading mixed tape 14 right now. Maybe if someone figures out (possibly through contacting Mercedes-Benz) how to grab the others we could add links to those on the combined page. Driving music is an as-of-yet undefined genre, so information on it could be helpful. --TIB (talk) 17:12, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure I'd call it "driving music". Most of the music on Mixed Tape is modern jazz, soul, lounge and other light electronica, I always think of songs like Radar Love when people talk about driving and music, but perhaps that's just me. As far as I know the "back issues" are only partially available from Mercedes Benz's iTunes music store (and of course floating around the net on P2P networks). I have all Mixed Tapes so far, so I can provide playlists for anyone who wants them. --Lijnema 20:12, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I like Radar Love and Black Betty and other songs you might find on Need For Speed soundtracks (for example). But, this can be used for driving music in the country easily, as one might see in a Benz commercial. --TIB (talk) 20:18, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

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