Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flapamba


 * 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   merge to marimba.  MBisanz  talk 03:18, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Flapamba

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Part of a spam cluster. Previous group deleted at Articles for deletion/Viscount Bells. This was previously nominated as part of a group at Articles for deletion/Stone marimba. That closed with a suggestion to relist individually No real claim to notability. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. Mix of bad sources, original research, linkspamming and promotion. Refs used are not independent reliable sources and include multiple links to article creators business. This is not really an article about the instrument but a coatracks to talk about "Percussion legend Emil Richards". There is no good evidence of any wider use of either it or it's name. duffbeerforme (talk) 11:25, 8 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep. The article isn't encyclopedic in tone but the topic is encyclopedic. It could be stubified or perhaps merged to Emil Richards for the moment, but deletion is not the best way forward, and will just lead to more recreation. The solution is to develop good coverage of the topic(s). Disagree that it's purely part of a spam cluster, but there are definitely possible COI issues that nobody seems to have addressed, remembering WP:AGF (diffs please if there have been attempts I've missed). Happy to work with the contributor(s) to resolve the issues. Andrewa (talk) 23:00, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 13:40, 11 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 00:12, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 02:27, 22 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Selective merge to marimba, of which this is a type. There's not enough references for this to be independently notable. I found on Google Books a couple of brief mentions of others using this instrument (Elmer Bernstein, Steely Dan - see article now), and apparently Harry Partch (who's a significant modern composer) worked with Richards and his flapamba, though Richards is the principal source. No in-depth coverage. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:27, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete No independent sources so simply not notable outside its use by the percussionist the article is really about. Mcewan (talk) 10:39, 29 January 2013 (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.