Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Franco-country


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 22:56, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Franco-country

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Unsourced stub about a "genre" of music which is in no way a distinct genre -- this is just regular country music with the lyrics sung in French instead of English, in exactly the same way as any genre of music can have its lyrics sung or performed in any language without necessarily reifying into hundreds of distinct subgenres for Same-Genre-Different-Language. Certainly there are a few specialized instances (e.g. Rock en español) where the combination can be sourced and substanced as having more status as a distinct genre than usual -- but that entails being able to add quite a lot more substance than just a recursive definition on the order of "French country music is country music performed in French" and the names of five artists who happen to do it (and not even Steph Carse, the artist who's arguably most famous for this to any contemporary reader who knows Gildor Roy as a talk show host rather than a "franco-country" chansonnier), and more sourcing than just the self-published website of one of those artists. And hell, even fr doesn't actually have a standalone article about "franco-country" separately from the basic genre overview at fr:Musique country. Bearcat (talk) 12:31, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Quebec-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 12:32, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 12:32, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  J 947 (c)  22:32, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2017 April 21.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 03:18, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per a well-researched nomination (I'll be honest and say I don't know the artists in question, but I'm at the other end of the planet). No impediment to re-creation in the event that more of a "scene" develops, as occasionally happens. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 07:40, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete nom makes a strong case. Legacypac (talk) 06:39, 26 April 2017 (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.