Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hi-Q (band)

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The result was keep or "nomination withdrawn", take your pick. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:57, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi-Q (band)[edit]

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~~While I'm unable to read Romanian none of the references from reliable sources appear to provide any in-depth coverage.~~ ^Bongo_matic 15:04, 8 April 2012 (UTC) WITHDRAWN based on identified sources. ^Bongo_matic 06:00, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Improve, but do not delete, certainly not on the basis of notability, though the article as it currently stands is pretty useless. Hi-Q were among the half-dozen biggest bands in Romania a decade back, and you'd be hard pressed to find a 20-something Romanian who doesn't know "Dă muzica mai tare!!!". http://www.stiumuzica.ro/artisti/page-biografie,action-/pag-/p-97-Hi-Q.html (which looks like it was written in 2007, then somewhat sloppily updated in 2010) asserts, among other things, "Hi-Q si Voltaj sunt singurele doua trupe romanesti care au avut 8 hituri no.1 consecutivi in ultimii 8 ani, in Romania": that is "Hi-Q and Voltaj are the only two Romanian groups to have eight consecutive number-one hits in the lasts eight years, in Romania." That ought to settle the notability issue at a stroke. If there is anyone with doubts after that, hit me up on my talk page, and I guess I can do the research to properly flesh out an article, but this I'm focused entirely elsewhere these days, and would prefer that someone else take it on. - Jmabel | Talk 15:59, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Notice about this nomination left at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Romania. - Jmabel | Talk 16:03, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I'm inclined to keep. There are a lot of Google News results but the Google translations to English are not great. The band appear to be well-known in Romania. --Michig (talk) 18:49, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Romania-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:06, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:07, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. It is one of the most popular Romanian pop bands. A small history of the band in Adevărul, Mediafax, Apropo.ro or Taifasuri. They had several number-one hits in the Romanian Top 100. They were nominated for the MTV Romania Music Awards in 2003, 2005 and 2007 (and they have been the host of the awards in 2006). They were the host of a several TV shows on national TV stations in each summer between 2000-2005. Razvan Socol (talk) 19:43, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not impressed by the argument above that one would be "hard pressed to find a 20-something Romanian who doesn't know" the group, but the coverage in Adevarul and Taifasuri appears to be significant. If someone can confirm that either is a reliable source, please consider the nomination withdrawn. ^Bongo_matic 04:32, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Does the Adevărul article convince you about the reliability of the source? ro:Taifasuri is a smaller weekly magazine. Razvan Socol (talk) 04:57, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, but didn't need convincing, just a say-so. ^Bongo_matic 06:00, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - the nom has been withdrawn but even if not there's enough coverage there to satisfy the GNG. Requesting closure. ✤ Fosse 8 ✤ ^talk 10:07, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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