Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mau Mau (band)


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The result was withdrawn by nominator. (non-admin closure) ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 20:03, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Mau Mau (band)

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Appears to fail WP:MUSICBIO. Fourteen years without a single reference. Checking their website listed in the article, nothing is posted under the "news" tab. The single-purpose account that created the article must have written everything based on WP:ORIGINAL. Dorama285 (talk) 17:18, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Dorama285 (talk) 17:18, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Withdrawn by nominator. Much improved with the addition of six references Dorama285 17:03, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Dorama285 (talk) 17:18, 21 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. No claim to notability, and no evidence that this subject passes WP:MUSICBIO. Utopes (talk / cont) 19:50, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'll admit that I didn't do much investigation on this article. With the information that has been brought to light, it appears that notability is met, even if it was never mentioned or implied to in version of the article that was nominated for deletion. Utopes (talk / cont) 04:29, 22 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:NEXIST. There are several books in English that refer to Mau Mau as an important band.
 * Critical Studies: Music, Popular Culture, Identities by Richard Young, Brill/Rodopi (2002): "Sud Sound System (Salerno), Africa Unite, Mau Mau (Turin)... are some of the most prominent groups in the Italian alternative/antagonistic scene."
 * Global Noise: Rap and Hip Hop Outside the USA by Roger Chamberland, Wesleyan University Press: "The first Italian rap performances in English... quickly gave way in the early 1990s to the use of standard Italian, and then regional dialects, by individual rappers and crews. These included... Mau Mau (Turin)... many of whom were associated both with what was referred to as 'Mediterranean reggae' as well as the centri sociali."
 * Reggae and Hip Hop in Southern Italy: Politics, Languages, and Multiple Minorities by Suzanna Scarparo and Mathias Stevenson, Palgrave/Macmillan (2018)
 * These are all brief mentions, but they all say that Mau Mau was an important part of a historically relevant music scene in Southern Italy. Given that, I think it's safe to assume that more detailed sources exist in Italian. I believe this goes some way toward demonstrating notability. -- Toughpigs (talk) 20:24, 21 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep per Toughpigs above. Also note that they have a lengthy and apparently well-sourced article on the Italian wikipedia. Xuxl (talk) 20:29, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep as per the sources above as well as the coverage in the Italian wikipedia article which includes Billboard, La Stampa, and La Repubblica. They also pass criteria 5 of WP:NMUSIC (only one criteria needed) as they have ten albums released on EMI which is a major record label, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 23:22, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep A forgotten neglected bio but they appear notable, I have added further referencing. Mattg82 (talk) 23:35, 21 February 2020 (UTC)


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