Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Exotica


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The result was   keep. JForget 01:18, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Exotica

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An "invented" music genre that has no sources which pass WP:RS to support inclusion on Wikipedia. The Real Libs-speak politely 15:41, 4 August 2009 (UTC) Exotica: Fabricated Soundscapes in the Real World,
 * Keep, strongly. A Google News and Google Scholar is enough to establish that "exotica" has an established meaning as a musical genre, and that this article represents it with reasonable accuracy. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 16:18, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Article is poorly sourced, but sources exist. This has been used as a term for a musical genre for several decades. A random list of sources:

"Martin Denny and the development of musical exotica" (a chapter in Widening the Horizon: Exoticism in Post-War Popular Music).

"Taboo: Time and Belief in Exotica",

...etc. Hairhorn (talk) 16:35, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. Recognized term for this particular style of music.  ReverendWayne (talk) 16:39, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep of course. It was quite well known at one time, and filled a real, if not exactly enormous, niche in post-War popular music. (And aren't all music genres "invented"? Are there any that have been handed down from on high or created by nature? Birdsong, maybe ...) - DavidWBrooks (talk) 16:50, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  --  The  left orium  17:57, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: Per above. Joe Chill (talk) 18:20, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: But add appropriate sources. Dr. Szląchski (talk) 20:59, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep An accomplished musical genre with many associated acts including Martin Denny, Yma Sumac, Esquivel and more recently Combustible Edison. Exotica is featured as a musical style on All Music Guide and included as a genre station on Pandora.--The lorax (talk) 15:42, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Article may currently be sourced poorly but Exotica is an established genre of music enjoyed popularity in the mid-century, it has unfortunately become obscured in popular understanding by much of the youth music of that time. Solid State Survivor (talk) 08:28, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
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