Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/78 Records


 * 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 Keep. Deathphoenix ʕ 03:48, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

78 Records
Advertisement, POV and content from own website Fred.e 13:36, 8 October 2006 (UTC)


 * keep &mdash; 78 Records is a significant icon in the music industry of Western Australia, the article needs work currently the article is single sourced. None of the issues raise in this AfD have been raised on the articles talk page. A quick read/cross reference to source of the article there doesnt readily appear to be any copyright/plagerism problems. Given reasonible time I think the information could be cross referenced from other sources. Gnangarra 14:13, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * from a personal observation with the cultural change to live music/pub scene in Perth 78 records is one of the few remaining places where new bands can perform, a fact that can only further enhance the need for an article. Gnangarra


 * Thanks for your comments, Gnangarra. I think I started a discussion on the talk page, but let the newbie know if I cocked it up.  I completely agree with  its significance, although there were other good stores/venues later, but feel the article merely reiterates its own website and is therefore a single POV and a covert ad.  Completely understand your affection for it but, objectively, it is not a good  WP article. Expand or Delete.  Fred.e 14:52, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I've copy edited/rewritten the history section to DePOV, removed the section on Current location. Gnangarra


 * Delete Without any external sources to document its notability, I'm voting to delete. If the place were influential you would expect to see something about it in the press. EdJohnston 17:18, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
 * comment two recent press articles about instore performances have now been cited. Historical references will take longer to third party source. Gnangarra 14:05, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Strongly Keep One of the most problematic issues with cultural history of Perth Western AAustralia on wikipedia is the preponderence of editors less than 30 years old who have little or no understanding of the perth of their parents generation - for example the Capitol Theatre in William Street is where Bob Dylan first played Perth, or the Mayfair Movie theatre in Hay Street where the first Monty Python movies showed in Perth- there is nothing in the current cultural heritage 'fads' from academics or 'keepers of the community history ' that adequately map what is otherwise a difficult to trace heritage less than 50 years old, it is usually bulldozed or erased. I consider the existence of what was a sustainer of otherwise diificullt to find music shop which beccame a cultural institution within its own time deserves an article -If it has derivved info from its own website - the article needs to be cleaned up so that it can be kept. SatuSuro 14:17, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Strongly agree. ... with the above statements. I think my main concern is with the name of the article. It should be part of an article/s on the Cultural History of Perth and Freo. Particulary, that WP coud for become a repository for a community's history, with judicious editing from a number of soures. Fred.e 15:33, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Keep. Iconic in the 80s. Deserves an article but can we find enough verifiable information on it? Someone needs to track down a copy of

Hesperian 23:54, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep - Iconic through 90's also, and presumably today. - Gobeirne 00:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC)


 * 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.