Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sri Lankan hip hop

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 keep. TheSandDoctor ^Talk 23:20, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sri Lankan hip hop

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This article is formatted almost like a school project, and it uses far too much common language, and borders on violating WP:PROMO at places. The Copyvio tool shows that multiple individual sections have been directly copied from other sources, with others being altered slightly. bojo | talk 14:09, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 01:09, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 01:09, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep Yes, there are problems. However it seems to pass GNG and articles like these have solid precedent. Maybe we need to break out the fire and brimstone, but this is clearly a GNG-passing subject. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 01:14, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Agree with nominator that the language falls short of encyclopedic standards, though the subject matter satisfies WP:GNG. Major rewrite is required, including deletion/paraphrasing of copyrighted sections. TYelliot | Talk | Contribs 11:32, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Needs work. Deleting the article would be unhelpful to all concerned. I've done a little copyediting on the article, but there's a lot more that needs to be done.- ක - (talk) 16:40, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, the subject is notable and there are plenty of independent verifiable secondary sources to satisfy WP:GNG. Am prepared to undertake a rewrite of the article, with assistance to bring it up to scratch. Dan arndt (talk) 14:45, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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.