Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sector Five Records


 * 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 delete. W.marsh 18:23, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Sector Five Records
Contested prod for a very non notable record label. Fails WP:MUSIC and WP:CORP Nuttah68 08:55, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. No notable artists, no entry on Discogs and very few Google results. Prolog 17:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:MUSIC. Hello32020 20:00, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

This is a notable record label. It is a group of friends that 1) rarely bother to seek out press in the first place 2) pool their money in order to release records their way 3) the biggest and most important record label in Madison (despite their almost completely non-commercial nature) 4) and most importantly, the label is a reflection of the new independent music culture in this internet age. Press and record sales aren't what they used to be...most indie labels now operate like tiny major labels looking to sell songs to Grey's Anatomy or something. True independent music is now entering a currently directionless age where labels like Sector Five are feeling out the new territory. Bands now break over blogs and the internet (see: Beirut (band)).

No one from Sector Five is involved in the creation of this page...it is NOT a publicity stunt...it is difficult to prove to you, but they ARE notable...times are just changing...it's a bit reminiscent of the directionless beginning of the very early '80s. To marginalize this label is to be short sighted. Fifteen releases in 3 years is nothing to sneeze at.

Bottom Line: Does recording a far reaching and sizeable musical community for posterity really do Wikipedia more harm than good? I understand your policies, but might this be an exception to the rule? Let me know what I can do to save their page, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minotaur029 (talk • contribs)


 * Delete fails WP:MUSIC. Interesting what the above editor says, though. Unfortunately, doesn't pass by our boring traditional policy or guidelines. Ohconfucius 10:21, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

The traditional policy makes nearly perfect sense...but if there's any organization that is capable of recognizing where policy might fall short occasionally, I'd imagine that Wikipedia is that organization. I've seen some instances of press for this label with my own eyes. This may be the internet age, but even now, not all press makes it onto the internet.

If I might speak a bit recklessly right now though...it is irritating for me to see bands touring through Madison, accepting Sector Five's hospitality, and then going on to be able to make their own Wikipedia page (not to mention sometimes being rude to a gracious community when they come back through town "bigger" and "better" than they used to be). As a lifelong amateur historian in my own right, I would not put something on Wikipedia that I felt was not legitimately worthy of being catalogued (I took into consideration Wikipedia's current standards when I made the original page). I cannot help but expect that you will tear this entry down, but I take music history (and this encyclopedia) seriously, and this label is deserving of an entry in Wikipedia.

You can take this page down, but I think that it will be back up within a matter of years anyway...your policies will have probably evolved by that time on their own. Even if said policies do not evolve, in a couple years (just by virtue of sticking around) Sector Five will probably satisfy Wikipedia's 2006 requirements for having a page. The next Nirvana (band) is not only possible, but I feel that this band will almost certainly become huge by word of mouth (blogs, the internet) and not through the standards that Wikipedia has set pertaining to "notability" at the present time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minotaur029 (talk • contribs)


 * 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.