Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Angel Records

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was KEEP. dbenbenn | talk 12:38, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Angel Records
DELETE. Angel Records' own website says

Angel Records was founded in the early 1950s and was later purchased by Capitol Records. Angel Records signs, develops and markets a select roster of classical, crossover, Broadway, world and folk artists and releases. Angel Records is also responsible for U.S. marketing of artists and releases for sister labels EMI Classics (UK) and Virgin Classics (France).

Angel Records, located in New York City, is a division of Capitol Jazz and Classics, owned by UK-based EMI Recorded Music and is distributed in the United States by EMI Music Distribution.

The veracity of any other "fact" on this page is therefore highly suspect. Denni &#9775; 02:52, 2005 Jan 23 (UTC)
 * Keep Record labels with more than a handful of releases are inherently notable. If some of the facts are wrong, that's grounds for cleanup, not deletion. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  03:26, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Offhand I can't say that what's in this article is all true, but I can say that the Angel label long predates the early 1950s; that it started in 1898 wouldn't surprise me at all. Deliberately or otherwise, Angel Records' website (or more accurately the website run by a company that now happens to use the "Angel" name) distorts. -- Hoary 03:38, 2005 Jan 23 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Major historic record label.--Centauri 05:26, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, Don't start a VFD because the facts on the page are "suspect". Edit the page and fix them or tag it cleanup. -The topic of the article is noble enough. K1Bond007 05:47, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, this was an important record label, lots of artistic recordings by admired musicians were released on it for decades. Wyss 07:24, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep warpozio 09:08, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article is kind of fractured (the history of the Recording Angel is a little bit more involved than that), but the 1898 is correct and it was and is definitely a major label. iMeowbot~Mw 12:37, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep for reasons listed above. 23skidoo 16:28, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Significant record label.  Questions of bias or fact are best addressed by the    or    tags. --TenOfAllTrades 00:28, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete. Megan1967 01:46, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Please explain the reasoning behind your delete vote as per Wikipedia policy. GRider\talk 18:01, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, historically significant record label -- Jmabel | Talk 02:10, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. The information cited in the nomination shows that Angel Records is a historic record label owned by EMI and responsible for distributing classical, Broadway, folk and world music releases. Artist Direct says the label is in its second century and is the oldest record label trademark existing. 1 Capitalistroadster 09:04, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Historical minutia: the Angel with a gramophone disc may be the oldest label trade mark still in use, but Columbia Records is an older brand name. -- Infrogmation 19:36, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Article is on a valid subject, and continues to be improved. -- Infrogmation 19:36, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep.  Allow for organic growth and expansion.  GRider\talk 18:01, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Why keep. Wholly significant.  May need tidying up, though.  Smoddy | &epsilon;&iota;&pi;&epsilon;&tau;&epsilon; 22:26, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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