Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Native American Music Awards


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure)  Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk)  02:35, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Native American Music Awards

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There is not enough media coverage to establish that this music award is notable. Of the current references, only one is not the NAMA website itself, and that one does not mention NAMA at all. All references I found were passing mentions of the "X won Y Native American Music Awards" kind, plus this piece that reads like a press release, not news coverage. Even if better sources could be found, the current article would have to be rewritten in its entirety to bring it in line with what those hypothetical sources will report. Huon (talk) 19:47, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Yes, these awards are notable and mentioned by innumerable news source . It needs better citations, but the article is already flagged for needing citations. Yuchitown (talk) 20:48, 1 July 2016 (UTC)Yuchitown
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. &mdash;  Rhododendrites  talk  \\ 22:18, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. &mdash;  Rhododendrites  talk  \\ 22:18, 1 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep - It took some effort to search for sources, but I think there's enough for this to pass WP:GNG. Article in Billboard from 2002, another article in Billboard from 2003, NYTimes in 2000. American Indians and Popular Culture calls NAMA "perhaps the most significant single development in the American Indian music industry since 1990" and goes on to talk about it for a couple pages. It's listed in a few books of Native American culture, like Native American Voices and The Extraordinary Book of Native American Lists. Then there are the many articles, many of them in local papers (from many regions) which cover the awards through a particular artist, like The Times Tribune or Indian Country. Broadening the subject to also be about the 501c3 behind the event, New York Post and MTV have articles about the organization's successful proposal to add a Native American Music Grammys category. Not a slam dunk, but there seems to be enough. &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 22:52, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notability appears to be clear and established. I'll defer to User:Rhododendrites's contributions as perfect examples. KaisaL (talk) 03:05, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable within the Native American community and with adequate outside, third-party coverage noting its importance. Passes GNG.  Quality and notability are not the same thing.   Montanabw (talk)  02:58, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep A ton of hits on a news search, which clearly shows the article can be improved. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  08:41, 4 July 2016 (UTC)


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