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• WikiProject Deletion sorting/Museums and libraries/archive

Grateful Dead Archive (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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The archive lacks significant independent coverage establishing notability beyond its existence as a university collection. Most sources are affiliated with UCSC. Mooonswimmer 16:26, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I found some mentions in sources (not already cited in the article) such as the book Ink on the Tracks: Rock and Roll Writing, the 2015 article The Grateful Dead Archive in Music Reference Services Quarterly, or the book Reading the Grateful Dead: A critical survey. I suggest demoting the article to a stub, incorporate these sources, and update it with newer information. Afonso Dimas Martins (talk) 17:05, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Music and California. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:14, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Museums and libraries-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:17, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 18:37, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep I have been able to find multiple sources with SIGCOV, though I agree the article needs an update. There is in depth coverage of the archive's provenance in local news: [1]. Also coverage of the archive museum in SFGate: [2]. The Atlantic article on the potential value of the archive to scholars studying Grateful Dead culture: [3]. More from NPR about the potential value of the archive: [4].

I have to imagine there is at least one Deadhead editor on Wikipedia that would be willing to update this article. Anonrfjwhuikdzz (talk) 20:25, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Dallas Contemporary (via WP:PROD on 3 November 2024)