Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Freskanova


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  18:02, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Freskanova

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Another non-notable record label that only receives faint mentions and name checks in usable sources. Fails WP:CORPDEPTH. North America1000 16:27, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
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 * Merge and redirect to Fresh Records (UK); Freskanova seems to have been one of their subsidiaries per this source. As nom notes little reliable source coverage other than passing mentions, so does not meet CORPDEPTH/GNG. IntoThinAir (talk) 19:02, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
 * , it's not the same Fresh Records. If you scroll to the bottom of the Fresh Records (UK) article you'll see a line about another dance label of the same name starting in 1992: this is the Fresh Records that was the parent company of Freskanova. But it has nothing to do with the label that is the main subject of the article, and the 1992 label shouldn't have been tagged on the end of the article like this. Richard3120 (talk) 12:09, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I have stricken my previous vote per this discovery. Thanks for pointing this out . IntoThinAir (talk) 12:25, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - article has three artists with articles, i.e. notable. This is a bit below my threshold of NMUSIC#5, which is certainly open to interpretation.  However, said "notable" artists also don't have any independent references, so I think it's pretty safe to say this is not a notable record label.  There is significant coverage at CMJ, which *can* be a reliable source, but this certainly reads PR-based promotion.   78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 15:15, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * actually, it turns out to be just one notable artist. The Freestylers have had many hits, both in the UK and internationally, so they pass WP:BAND (although it should be noted that their biggest hits came after leaving the Freskanova label). But Mad Doctor X and Monty Props are in fact aliases of the same person, who has never troubled the charts under any of his aliases. Richard3120 (talk) 14:28, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the update, your analysis is most useful. It would appear the label appeared on the charts in a few countries because of the Freestylers.  It would be convenient to redirect this towards Freestylers, but it doesn't appear to be a vanity label, so that would be incorrect.  I presume this appeared on vinyl, and not just CD/download, so there is a group who presumably seek encyclopedic information about this label.  Not changing my !vote, but worth considering.   78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 15:10, 16 October 2018 (UTC)


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