Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Studio One (nightclub)


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The result was keep. (Non-administrator closure.) Northamerica1000(talk) 02:20, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Studio One (nightclub)

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West Hollywood nightclub that apparently has had several celebrities perform and even on the board of directors and I tried to improve the article as much I as I could. However, the issue is that some of the references say one thing than the other so some things aren't very clear. For one thing, one link said Frank Sinatra held a stake in the nightclub but the other says (and cites a 1967 LA Times article that I can't seem to find) that he was not. In other words, this nightclub seems to have gotten a lot of attention in its day but it'd probably be better as a shorter mention somewhere else. After performing numerous searches, this is the bulk of what I found, 1, 2 (basically the same article, reprint) and 3 (all three prove something but are not very promising). Additionally, it seems the club has declined in the past twenty years so that's likely to blame for lack of good attention. SwisterTwister  talk  05:22, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep, this is a well known venue with a very long and notable history. I suggest starting with a search on the Books link at the top of this page and doing a "studio one" "scott forbes" search. I get several dozen book/magazine hits, and these only turn up where the two phrases intersect so there are many more where the phrases are on different pages. It may take time but the sources are there. Sportfan5000 (talk) 20:12, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay, I found a couple of acceptable ones but the other results (in that search of Studio One Scott Forbes" found mostly minor mentions, unavailable previews or nothing that seemed appropriate) and I even performed a search for "Studio One Scott Forbes Billboard" and "Studio One Scott Forbes The Advocate". I already had the "Gay L.A.: A History of..." included and it actually had some very good information but I see some problems there such as this where it mentions ""featured a deejay that a 1974 Billboard magazine number one in Los Angeles", "featured on national television" (is not as significant sometimes as it could be in passing) and "dubbed by many newspapers and magazines as one of the most discos in the country" (however I can't find anything exact). It seems Forbes participated in several political and LGBT organizations but that's probably more for him and (from the Google Books link again, "disco king by the press" but no exact source). One Billboard article and the Gay L.A. book mentions they would have thousands of guests in one night though what popular club doesn't? The Gay L.A. seems to have information on this subject starting somewhere about pages 234/235 until 239 but I've seen everything and added what I thought was noteworthy. As I mentioned, I believe there is some good information on this club and it likely helps it was off Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles but there does seem to be some dark ambiguous spots (such as the Tommy film party). Another note is that the wehoville.com and curbed.com have some good information but there does seem to be some contradiction there (so it makes me question the credibility on some of the other information in that said link). I suppose if it comes down to it, I'll be open to keeping the article. SwisterTwister   talk  05:40, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Use your best judgement and keep digging. Part of the challenge is to guess who would have written anything at the time. It might make sense to drop off Forbes' name and try with some of the music acts that play there. Then each can be verified themselves. There's also ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives that very likely has some material on the place but I don't know what may be available online. Sportfan5000 (talk) 06:19, 2 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep, nice amount of discussion in appropriate references. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:19, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
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