Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The International Music Industry and the Internet

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. &mdash; Xezbeth 10:40, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

The International Music Industry and the Internet
Looks like a personal essay. The same user/author(?) also added Sociology of Wikipedia via Rorty and Berger, which I wikified a little and moved to Wikipedia namespace as it may be interesting to wikipedians.--Nabla 00:44, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)
 * Delete. OR, WP:NOT crystal ball. Massive unwikified text dump of a speculative essay, much of which is unattributed quotes. Looks like someone's homework. A &#1080; D &#1103; 01D  TALK  EMAIL  01:03, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as an essay. Mr Bound 02:01, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Android79 -EDM 04:39, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete concur with other votes, doesn't conform to wikipedia layout standards. Srcrowl 05:16, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - POV essay. Blackcats 09:44, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Original research. 23skidoo 15:36, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per android.  StopTheFiling 18:22, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep If wikify-able. I have done some edits to remove the layout objections, but this is quite obviously someone's term paper. However, I think there is useful information here which is not original research, but collation of many articles already out there on paper. --Habap 19:08, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Wikipedia is not a soapbox or a place for OR, however, I think there is much to save from this essay that is verifiable and NPOV. It will require a great deal of trimming and cleaning-up but could be the start of a very good article. Double Blue  (Talk) 22:57, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I think a lot of those issues may already be covered in other articles, but if somebody wants to take the time to re-write this, then I'll change my vote to "keep." Blackcats 01:59, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * This article needs major cleanup. It's obviously full of POV and the conclusion lets us know it's somebody's research paper. Keep iff it's had major revision by the end of the voting period, otherwise delete.  RickK 05:03, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * I just realized something. As I said, this article reads like somebody's homework... what if it is a rough draft of some student's paper, and we are cleaning it up for him/her? Could be... A &#1080; D &#1103; 01D  TALK  EMAIL  16:01, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete POV original research. JamesBurns 06:32, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I think it could be useful if someone were willing to remove the arguments, take out the stuff that makes it a research paper and make it NPOV. I got tired after trimming it down and also trying to do the same with SoGamed. I think it should get tagged for NPOV, Cleanup and wikify rather than deletion. --Habap 18:33, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Despite the work that various editors have tried, still not good enough. Delete.DS 14:21, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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