Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skate punk

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The result of the debate was kept Nom withdrawn, mistake on my part to nom it Pegasus1138^{Talk | Contribs | Email} ---- 20:31, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Skate punk

Non notable fad genre, possible hoax and even if someone were to write up a guideline on inclusion of music genres (I don't feel like wading through pages and pages of WP:MUSIC to find out as it's mostly irrelevent anyway) a genre recognized such a small group cannot be considered notable, article is also . Pegasus1138^{Talk | Contribs | Email} ---- 01:09, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

• Strong keep, but with massive clean up The article is rubbish. Pure rubbish. However, skate punk is absolutely a viable genre. Uh, a hoax? No. That would be quite an elaborate hoax, considering the two hundred edits made to the page and the fact that it's existed for over three years. Obviously, not all of them relate to the music genre (although most of the first thirty hits do), but "Skate punk" gets 317,000 total and 681 unique Google hits. The article undoubtedly needs work, but there's absolutely no reason it should be deleted. And if the nominator feels that the genre is recognized by a very narrow group, I'd ask him/her how many people recognize NOFX, U.S. Bombs, Pennywise, and pretty much every act that has ever been on the Warped Tour, which, of course, is a ludicrously popular tour- started by a skateboarding company- almost exclusively featuring punk bands. -- Kicking222 02:38, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Kicking222 is correct. This is absolutely a real and somewhat significant genre. Ace of Sevens 02:42, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, also agree with Kicking222. It's a real genre both culturally and financially (see Warped_Tour). However, article needs a rewrite to assert this.--IslaySolomon 02:51, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per User:Kicking222. Skate punk is an actual and notable genre! —RJN 02:52, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep ^^ -- Librarianofages 02:54, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Kicking222. SM247^{My Talk} 03:12, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Yes, this is a real genre. --Coredesat talk. o.o;; 03:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Notable. Not just a fad, and not a hoax. --DarkAudit 03:24, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Kicking222. I've put a cleanup tag on the article, and put it on WikiProject Punk music's list of articles requiring cleanup. Oldelpaso 07:47, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Kicking222. — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk • E 08:26, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep: Terminology is used by the mainstream music press "Using Californian hardcore as a foundation, the group incorporated funk-metal and skate-punk into their sound..." (allmusic) [1] --  Netsnipe  ^(Talk)  09:21, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• strong, strong keep as per above Artw 19:21, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep genre has been around for quite a while. JChap 19:41, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep We would not delete Rock and Roll and whilst I doubt a similar historical significance, this is still verifiably notable. -- Alias Flood 23:20, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Its real alright. RFerreira 01:14, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep real and notable. I can't believe the nom thought this was a hoax when it gets 316,000 Google hits. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 01:25, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup per kicking222 and the notability of the trend/style hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 13:19, 4 July 2006 (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.