Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mr. Roboto Project


 * 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 keep.  Sandstein  10:29, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

Mr. Roboto Project

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This is a small co-op punk rock club in Pittsburgh. Nearly every city in America has such a place, often more than one. Very few of them are really notable. This article has been tagged as relying on primary sources (including “this one guy says this is what happened”) for nearly 10 years without the issue being fixed. Most coverage is routine and trivial, show listings and so forth (and a lot of false positive results related to the song by Styx). I don’t think this ever was a truly notable topic (having tagged it for proposed deletion shortly after it was created all that time ago) and the lack of more sources or other improvements in the very long time since then would seem to indicate the same. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:15, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 03:43, 10 July 2018 (UTC)   see below. Beeblebrox (talk) 05:37, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 03:43, 10 July 2018 (UTC)


 * I have to wonder in what way this is possibly related to California? Beeblebrox (talk) 04:20, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
 * See The structure of The Mr. Roboto Project was modeled partially after the 924 Gilman St club in Berkeley, CA,[1] Hhkohh (talk) 08:49, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I don’t think that’s how delsort is supposed to be used. That’s very tangenital. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:40, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
 * CA means California? Hhkohh (talk) 15:49, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes it does. So, the article makes a very brief mention of a similar venue in California. That does not make the article about any subject in California to the point where it should be on the delsort list for California-related articles. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:05, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep. I added some references. This venue and its co-operative way of operating may have had influence on venues in other cities, but I have not been able to verify this. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 07:08, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 14:49, 16 July 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete: I agree with nom; this is a small local rock club of the sort that exists in many a city, and gets modest mentions in whatever local alternative weekly press exists, which is why we have WP:CORPDEPTH. Whatever allegations of this outfit's impact in other areas there are, without reliable sources attesting to the same (from those other areas, that is), we can take no notice of the claim.  Nha Trang  Allons! 17:50, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:56, 23 July 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Final relist

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TonyBallioni (talk) 21:41, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Now that this is re-opened following a flawed NAC, let me explicitly say that I fully agree with Nha Trang’s above comment, and feel that the added sources still fail CORPDEPTH per ROUTINE, and the fact that they were just tacked out without actually improving the article at all constitutes reference bombing and nothing else. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:47, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Sources don't even have to be added to an article to count toward WP:N, they just have to exist. I feel that part of your argument is flawed.  Hobit (talk) 01:50, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * keep has a paragraph on the place as well as a picture.   appears to have a full chapter (not all viewable...).  A search shows that it has 100s of mentions in local news.  It's notable both by the Wikipedia definition of the word and the common English meaning. Hobit (talk) 01:57, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. The sources mentioned by Hobit, in particular, do seem to verify that this venue/organization is not merely a hangout of only local import, but holds significance to punk/DIY culture in general terms.  --Arxiloxos (talk) 19:09, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:44, 1 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep, meets WP:GNG with sources that do have WP:CORPDEPTH ie. the books listed above by, it is also discussed in Underground: The Subterranean Culture of DIY Punk Shows. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:46, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per Eastmain, Hobit, Arxiloxos and Coolabahapple. Satisfies GNG. James500 (talk) 13:29, 5 August 2018 (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.