Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/All Media Network

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. Per the uncontested sources provided. I see there is a merger discussion underway and quality concerns can be raised on talk or directly addressed by editing the article Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:51, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Ridiculous blatant promotion. nothing significant about it. Light2021 (talk) 20:32, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete per WP:NOTYELLOW, WP:NOTDIRECTORY, with a pile of WP:PROMO thrown in. — fortunavelut luna 10:48, 10 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: verging on G11. DrStrauss talk 12:04, 10 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Not even close to a G11. I'd decline that instantly if someone tried that. Terrible assessment of this article. Sergecross73 msg me 02:00, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Cleanup, the article meets WP:GNG. Quidster4040 (talk) 22:16, 14 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete -- a directory-like listing complete with 'Products & Service' type of content. Wikipedia is not a sales brochure or investor prospectus. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:14, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete in violation of WP:NOTYELLOW.--SamHolt6 (talk) 18:32, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
  1. Herbert, Daniel (2014). Videoland: Movie Culture at the American Video Store. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 209–210. ISBN 0520279611. Retrieved 2017-07-22.

     The book notes:

  2. Bowe, Brian J. (2007-01-24). "Make it or break it". Metro Times. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-22.

     The article notes:

     This is a 4,000-word profile of the company.
  3. Anderson, Scott (2005-05-31). "Internet music sales ring up a cheerful tune for AMG". The Ann Arbor News. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-22.

     The article notes:

  4. Lockwood, Rod (2007-11-11). "Michigan company is the last word for music fans and professionals". The Blade. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-22.

     The article notes:

  5. Traiman, Steve (1998-10-31). "Alliance Readies Online Outlet For Its Indies". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-22.

     The article notes:

     Here is a second article from the same issue of Billboard:
     • Christman, Ed (1998-10-31). "Alliance, Out of Chapter 11, to Focus on One-Stop Business". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-22.

       The article notes:

  6. Nosowitz, Dan (2015-01-30). "The Story of AllMusic, Which Predates the World Wide Web". Vice. Retrieved 2017-07-22.

     The article notes:

  7. Weisbard, Eric (1999-02-23). "Conjunction Junction". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-22.

     The article notes:

  8. Pritchard, Michael (1999-04-26). "Web Sighting / All Media Guide Has Music, Movies, Video Games Covered". The Press of Atlantic City. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-22.

     The article notes:

  9. Bloom, David (1999-06-12). "Digital L.A. - 'Connections' Host Soft-Wires Book of Vast Knowledge". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-22.

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  There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow All Media Network to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

  Cunard (talk) 23:16, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment about promotion: The article is largely neutral. It is not "verging on G11" and it does not violate WP:NOTYELLOW or WP:NOTDIRECTORY. It is standard for parent companies like All Media Network to discuss its subsidiaries. That does not make the article violate WP:NOTDIRECTORY.

  Cunard (talk) 23:16, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - per Cunard's sources. I'm okay with redirecting some of the offshoots like Allgame, but not the main parent company. Sergecross73 msg me 23:21, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Related AfDs:
  1. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AllMovie
  2. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AllGame
  Cunard (talk) 23:31, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep per Cunard's sources. Accusations of WP:NOTYELLOW, WP:NOTDIRECTORY, WP:PROMO, WP:G11 are not supported by the article. Claiming "nothing significant about it" for an article with thousands of incoming links is disingenuous. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 03:13, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep or merge - Keep, or merge to Michael Erlewine. --Jax 0677 (talk) 03:39, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Cunard; obviously notable even if the article is incomplete. AllMusic is linked to or mentioned in more than a hundred thousand Wikipedia articles, and AllMovie is linked to in more than 11,000. Jc86035 (talk) Use {{re|Jc86035}}
  to reply to me 10:28, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep – Meets WP:CORPDEPTH per a source review. Concerns about promotional tone can be addressed by copy editing the article. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:12, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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