Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DMC World DJ Championships


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The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. SIGCOV met with reliable sources. (non-admin closure) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 05:06, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

DMC World DJ Championships

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Non notable, per WP:GNG. Neither of the independent sources cited covers the topic in any depth, and an online search finds nothing obvious to suggest that the required level of sourcing can be found elsewhere. AndyTheGrump (talk) 22:37, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Music. AndyTheGrump (talk) 22:37, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  00:32, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a big event in the turntablism world. While the article may be poor there is a significant amount of independent coverage available - with statements such as "The event is a showcase of the world’s best scratch DJ’s who play portable turntables and vinyl" in a reliable music source .  Other WP:RS/WP:RSMUSIC coverage includes  and  and .  A quick look on ProQuest and there is a lot more.  ResonantDistortion 19:00, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Not voting yet, but I will say for now that the company behind this has been on a crusade to edit-war a 27000-byte list of every winner of every variant of the competition into the article, so if this article does continue to exist after this the article needs some form of protection--and more watchers, because if e.g. it gets semi-protected and the company creates another account to edit it, I'll no longer be able to revert them. 2603:8001:4542:28FB:D1A0:7BBB:E6CF:5C27 (talk) 20:01, 3 February 2024 (UTC) (Please send talk messages here instead)
 * 2001:56B:3FF1:1F4D:C499:C323:8671:C49B (talk) 11:10, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. ResonantDistortion 00:38, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep: Has in-depth mentions in The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop ISBN 9781316239926 and Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJ ISBN 9780199913015. It is described as having an "enormous impact on the development of playing skills" in the former. Why? I Ask (talk) 01:32, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep based on recent changes, Rjjiii  (talk) 03:54, 6 February 2024 (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.