Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Profile Records

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The result was keep. Unmistakable consensus DGG ( talk ) 07:35, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Profile Records[edit]

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Non-notable record label with multiple issues...only has one source, which may I add, is only a quote from a message board on Yahoo! No sources whatsoever on the artists' that had recorded and released material on this label. Fails WP:Notability. EnDaLeCoMpLeX (talk) 23:53, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I have a new metric for indie labels that merits consideration: does the label's artist roster include bands with WP articles standing? Profile Records is showing a fair amount of blue links and that's good enough for me... Enough notable bands makes a notable label... Carrite (talk) 03:00, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Multiple sources can be found easily: New York magazine, Billboard magazine, Billboard again, and mentions elsewhere as well. Just being the label where Run-D.M.C. debuted and had their greatest success would seem to establish this company's notability, and they had other gold and platinum-selling artists as well: Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, Dana Dane, DJ Quik, and N2Deep. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:27, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. WP:BEFORE appears not to have been followed. Profile Records has an entry in The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music, coverage in David Toop's Rap Attack, The Rough Guide to Hip Hop, etc. Clearly notable, just needs improvement.--Michig (talk) 06:12, 9 September 2010 (UTC) See also Google Books1, Google Books 2, Google News.--Michig (talk) 06:16, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Period. Wwwhatsup (talk) 14:57, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep warpozio (talk) 19:31, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Passed the notability requirement(s). Jmlk 1 7 20:36, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This was an important independent dance and hip hop label in the 1980s and it is interesting to read of its history, although the article could do with some improvement. Dubmill (talk) 11:17, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:31, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:31, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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