Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buddha Bar


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The result was   delete. –MuZemike 00:14, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Buddha Bar

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Disputed prod. Was prodded for concerns that it does not pass the WP:ALBUM; the article is essentially a list of songs it contains. Prod removed by User:Zarashen with the rationale "There is no reason for the deletation of this page. If this is done, an important page will be deleted." Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:15, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:27, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Weak Keep, this seems to be primarily a restaurant/club chain, with some notability there. The compilations seem to be much less notable. however, I am having trouble finding references from third parties that discuss the restaurant in depth. Like too many subjects here, theres a lot of circular notability/walled garden quality to this. Here's a google books ref that might help: Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:48, 8 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as lacking in-depth coverage in independent third party sources. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:51, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, v/r - TP 02:07, 15 November 2011 (UTC)




 * Delete Zero sources, zero indication of WP notability. Note that the subject of the article is the albums, not the restaurant. This looks like some mix tapes created by the restaurant.  The "label" is a red link and it looks like it too is a part of the restaurant.  The "label's"  web site lists restaurants and lists the subject mix tapes in its one paragraph description of itself. North8000 (talk) 02:36, 15 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per above. I really wanted to vote keep, got encouraged with hits, but disappointed whenever I looked into them. The restaurant and music seem about as notable as each other. Even considering the restaurant's public legal entanglements and controversies (WP:NOTNEWS), there's not enough in-depth coverage of the WP:ORG itself on which to base even a re-write. The book results indicate it's somewhat of a trendy tourist attraction (I think one said a good back up in case "Le Queen" doesn't work out), but not much else. The bar is largely a destination for its music, and book results indicate its albums got mention in some press, even good mention. But there's absolutely nothing in-depth or substantial about the multiple sources; not even going into reliability. JFHJr (㊟) 06:03, 15 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Would like to keep These albums are hardly unworthy of an article. They are well known compilations of ambient/lounge music - yes, they are mixes created at a popular bar/restaurant but, similar to the Café Del Mar albums (and of similar genre), the albums themselves have become just as well known as the venue. In the Oxford Street HMV in London, every single Buddha Bar album is on sale in the lounge music section and, judging by the way they are displayed and labelled, they evidently sell well. I, for one, actually wanted to know what Buddha Bar actually was once, and was able to find a brief summary here. It's also worth noting that on file sharing networks, a lot of unidentified lounge music tracks and mixes are simply labelled "Buddha Bar," often along with (similar compilation albums) "Cafe Del Mar" and "Hotel Costes" (the names of similar compilation albums), which again shows it's popularity as a source of this type of music. However, I understand that a lack of decent sources is a problem here. It seems rather puzzling that, whilst there are countless websites selling the albums and whilst virtually all of their songs are uploaded on YouTube, getting lots of views, a search engine brings up little biographical material on the DJ who mixes the albums, Claude Challe, and very little on the albums in terms of their background, history etc. One possible reason for this is that the albums are from France - perhaps there are potential sources out there written in French. These albums are popular and it would be a shame to delete this article, but the lack of sources is definitely an issue. 124.181.113.213 (User talk: 124.181.113.213) 19 November 2011 —Preceding undated comment added 05:11, 19 November 2011 (UTC).
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