Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Indie (culture)

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 no consensus. Mr.Z-man 04:51, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indie (culture)

It is just original research. No references are provided that prove there is a specific culture called indie. The only section with any substance is music, which has its own article anyway. No evidence is provided to show that indie music, fashion, and film are somehow connected under one umbrella called indie culture. Spylab (talk) 13:29, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I wholeheartedly agree. This is one of a number of examples of articles about supposed "cultures" and "scenes" known only to those who obsess over them and, hence, write articles about them. Delete with prejudice. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 17:02, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The Indie disambiguation page is all that we need to link the various 'indie' articles together. This article wreaks of WP:OR and POV, and it was a lot worse before the poorest sections were trimmed.--Michig (talk) 19:54, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Are you kidding me? Now this isn't the best-written article on Wikipedia but anyone who argues that the subject isn't notable hasn't read the CNN article at the bottom of the page. Also consider beefing the article up with this, this, and this. Themfromspace (talk) 23:54, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Most of those links are about indie rock/independent music (including the CNN article), and not a single one of them convincingly defines a supposed indie culture that encompasses music, fashion, film, behaviour and beliefs in one specific subculture called indie.Spylab (talk) 00:58, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This is a very bad article, but about a topic that's certainly important. There area a number of magazines (the NME for a start) which regularly write articles about it. There is a culture which is distinct from the music or film industry. Tkos (talk) 16:06, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 23:25, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.