Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roland AX-7

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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. NawlinWiki 18:36, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roland AX-7

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Fails the general notability guideline in Wikipedia:Notability: "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." User Oakshade (quite properly) removed a speedy tag with the comment: "Not speedy candidate. Being a Roland keytar in itself is an assertation of notability". I suggest not: Notability is not inherited. I have no difficulty over the article on Keytars, and it may be that some individual models are worthy of a mention in that article. Springnuts 12:19, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep Article needs some work, but unless everything else on List of keytars is to be deleted, this should stay. —Travistalk 14:26, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak delete unless notability can be established. Just being a product from a notable company does not imply notability. I suspect there may be some reviews from reputable sources that could help elevate this to a notable level, but as it stands this is nothing more than a product description and is not appropriate as a Wikipedia article. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 15:21, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - Keytar models are notable, as they were very popular with New Wave/Synthpop bands in the 80's and not a lot of models were produced. This one is produced by a very notable company and is particularly notable as it s still in production and uses rather updated technology, a rarity for keytars. And found at least one secondary source about the topic here --Oakshade 16:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
  • weak keep per Oakshade. Especially as it can (apparently) be used as a midi controller as well as a standalone (which was all the old keytars were). Needs references, though. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 19:37, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong KeepMerge - I lived in the 80's and keytars had me in awe when I watched Music TV shows with Pop Groups using these things for lip synced takes of their hits. Anybody remember A-ha? Merge is a good idea, maybe comment about its use as a funky looking thing that pop stars used in bands in the 80's that they played while standing up and they almost never were plugged in! PS - Where can I get one? :) Anthony Chidiac --Achidiac 12:13, 21 July 2007 (UTC) Achidiac (talk · contribs), Rdpaperclip (talk · contribs), T3Smile (talk · contribs), and 60.241.91.14 (talk · contribs) have been blocked as sock puppets. See Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Achidiac. -- Jreferee t/c 17:06, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
  • comment - Achidiac, you bring up an interesting point. This article could actually be merged into a larger article on keytars, if all the other keytar articles also got merged. That would certainly provide for one large central article, where historical development and comparison could take place. It would also improve the main keytar article, which looks a bit forlorn right now. Unfortunately, I suspect that might be beyond the scope of this AfD, and I don't expect anyone is volunteering right now. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 16:32, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep From these hits, it seems notable to me... Giggy UCP 07:23, 27 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.