Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Franco Arabic

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 delete It's been three weeks and the article hasn't been improved. Wizardman 03:12, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Franco Arabic[edit]

Previously suggested deletion as part of the deleted Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aldo Franco Arabic, closing admin suggested listing separately to gain consensus on the status of this article. Most of the references are junk that don't mention Franco Arabic, the one that did [1] doesn't give any of the information in the article, and isn't clear if it's referring to a separate genre or just musicians from the former French North Africa. I couldn't find other reliable references in a web search. Rigadoun (talk) 05:27, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 16:57, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. A quick Google search for "franco arabic" music shows few hits about the genre, and those few are from blogs, Last.fm, and Wikipedia (and copies thereof). Fails WP:V. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 17:23, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Current sources leave much to be desired, but googling en français seems to yield better results. Mykej (talk) 17:34, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I get this. I don't see anything related to music on the first few pages, other than the last.fm link. Which sites are you referring to? Rigadoun (talk) 17:55, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Sorry, you probably mean this (searching for "franco-arabe" musique). All I see is a version of "Aime Moi" by Kamel Shadi that is marked as "Franco-arabe" as opposed to other ones, without an indication of what this means (he isn't mentioned in this article, so I don't know if it's relevant), and a few sites that talk about Franco-Arabic musicians as in they come from former French North Africa but not in any way implying that that is a musical genre, not that I can see anyway, and then others about language mixture, tangential to music. Can you point out a site that seems relevant, or corroborates the information in the article? Rigadoun (talk) 18:13, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yes, I meant franco arabe musique, but I wasn't very clear. Searching without quotes or the dash returned many, many hits, although google's wide drift net pulled in many non-music articles. However, many of the articles were about music, or were videos, links to mp3s, record label pages, etc. I still think this article needs work, but I see real potential. As a side note, the Musique algérienne article looks like it could have a few bits to add to this article. Some of the other "see also"s on Musique arabe probably could too. I read french too slowly to check them all out now, but a francophone editor could probably help greatly with the whole discussion. Mykej (talk) 18:51, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 04:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete, while there seems to be intermittent use of this term on blogs and the like, I can't see any definition of the term by a WP:RS. Lankiveil (talk) 05:16, 23 December 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Keilana^talk_(recall) 00:07, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. As far as I can tell, the term Franco Arabic has never been associated with the music of Dalida. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 01:50, 30 December 2007 (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.