Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Afghan Hip-Hop

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The result was Merge to Music of Afghanistan, and create a new article DJ Besho. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-11 00:49Z

[edit] Afghan Hip-Hop

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It fails Wikipedia:Notability (music) and should not have a seperate article on it. It might go to article about Music of Afghanistan --- ALM 10:16, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

• Keep and Merge with Afghan music. Guroadrunner 10:39, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
• According to the BBC, Afghanistan has only one hip-hop/rap star, DJ Besho. All three sources for this article are about him, in either a major or minor way. Suggest that someone who is inclined towards this subject use the sources to write an article about the artist, as he appears to be more notable than the genre at this point in time. Following this, write a very short section for Music of Afghanistan (very short as per BBC, there is only one star at this time). Link DJ Besho to the MoA article in this section. -- saberwyn 11:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
• Merge with Music of Afghanistan and create an article on DJ Besho. Besho's notable by himself, his genre is not. - ElbridgeGerry t c block 00:21, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, don't merge It appears that there is indeed an Afghan HipHop scene which meets WP:V, is distinctive, and not simply limited to one high profile rapper. Mostlyharmless 07:10, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete or merge: It does not have enough material and notability. -- ALM 11:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep or Merge and agree that DJ Besho would be a good article subject based on the existing sources. I'll add a stub for him once the decision on this page is finalized. JavaTenor 23:17, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
• Move/merge page to DJ Besho and tag for cleanup so that the content is later changed from a focus on a genre to a focus on the person. -- Black Falcon 21:08, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per Mostlyharmless - if not, merge with music of Afghanistan. Redirecting a genre to a musician article does not make sense to me, and is unwise if more Afghan rappers gain fame. 96T 18:29, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

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.