Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Musician's Friend


 * 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 Guitar Center. (non-admin closure) v/r - TP 18:06, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Musician&
AfDs for this article: 
 * – ( View AfD View log )

Although there is a claim of being the largest distributor of musical instruments in the world, there is no independent verification of this. In later press coverage (and practically all I could find were Press Releases), the company is said to claim themselves that they are the largest distributor in the US. This was originally deleted as an expired PROD, and restored upon request. I found the one semi-decent reference and added that, but felt that this company does not meet the criteria for inclusion, as there is so little coverage - most of the news coverage is from either the company's press releases, or their (since 1999) parent company's press releases; there are minor mentions in books, but not the significant coverage required by the notability criteria.  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 17:18, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  — Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 17:23, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Guitar Center, of which it is a subsidiary. The claim of "world's largest" refers to the company that resulted from the merger of Musician's Friend with Guitar Center - not to Musician's Friend by itself. --MelanieN (talk) 21:11, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge to Guitar Center. FuFoFuEd (talk) 21:37, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 *  Wait  Merge I assert some notability based on found sources. Please allow me a few minutes to link these sources. Sources looked more promising than they turned out. 1200 employees isn't non-notable, but seeing as it's merely a brand now, best to merge (not disappear from) with Guitar Center. BusterD (talk) 12:43, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment I note that most of the edits to this article before I gutted it were from COI editors. If this is merged and redirected, it might be a good idea to protect the redir. Valfontis (talk) 16:25, 29 May 2011 (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.