Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Memphis rap

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 delete. Not enough reliable sources presented for verification. With the list removed, this is just a two-line copyright violation.-Wafulz 14:44, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Memphis rap

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short, poorly written article, which provides a place for lots of new "bands" to advertise themselves Jac16888 12:28, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep Almost 2 million Ghits - including [1] which seems to prove its existance and notability :: maelgwntalk 12:35, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete I bet this could be an article if someone really felt like doing a good one, but a big-ass list of redlinked names isn't the way to go. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 12:35, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

AfD is about the subject not the content of the article. :: maelgwntalk 12:38, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

True, but in this case the article is SO bad that fixing it would require a 100% rewrite, and until someone steps up to the plate to do so it's better that this be deleted. All it has besides the big list is a self-admittedly unsouracble sentence or two. As the article itself says: "without documented quotes from reliable sources this is a difficult claim to make". Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 12:45, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep It is possible to veriy the contents of this article. Moreover, with 2 million google hits, the notability of this music genre is confirmed. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 15:13, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: That's 2 million Ghits when not using quotes. With quotes, "Memphis rap", it's about 28,000. Corvus cornix 20:59, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Someone better, as someone suggested "step up to the plate" and fix this article. Notable enough genre to have a film about the Memphis rap scene. Anyone here heard of Hustle & Flow?--Ispy1981 21:34, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete I looked through first 2 pages of the google search and couldnt find any "reliable secondary sources such as books and papers about the term" (WP:NEO) Corpx 02:24, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. The article claims to be about a distinct musical genre, but doesn't define it (how does it differ from crunk)? It can still be recreated when reliable sources are found. Regards, High on a tree 15:08, 20 July 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.