Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Humwhistle

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The result was speedy delete. Largely a copyvio of http://www.humwhistle.org/about/ SpinningSpark 01:28, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Humwhistle

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Unsourced, content about a barely notable musical technique. Salimfadhley (talk) 23:15, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

delete gives me the idea of being (rather poor) promo for a music festival The Banner talk 10:44, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

keep - Humwhistle follows all of the Wikipedia guidelines, is a true folk art needing to be recorded, and has scientific proof of the art form. Other "barely notable" music related topics are on Wikipedia like overtone singing, yodeling, and field holler. Lesser known and almost "fake" art forms exist on Wikipedia like air guitar. Other pages have shared knowledge about related competitions like National Hollerin' Contest and International Whistlers Convention on the Whistling Wikipedia page. There is no "music festival" associated with the humwhistle page. I will support the need to preserve folk art by making recommendations for improvement instead of using opinions to keep a legitimate international art form in private. I hope you do the same. User:kscottpage

delete - None of the reference given for this article actually mention Humwhistle. The examples given by User:kscottpage as "barely notable" are way more notable than Humwhistle. No sources say Humwhistle is folk art. Parabolooidal (talk) 14:39, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:23, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

~~keep~~ ( User:kscottpage, you can only vote once) - More than one source states Humwhistle is a folk art and mentions Humwhistle. Please make true statements. A simple search on Wikipedia's network will prove this fact. To prove this point even more, the Folk Art Music Federation states a humwhistle is a traditional form of music along with yodeling, hollering, whistling, humming, ect. You can find their site through Google or http://www.folkartmusic.org User:kscottpage — Preceding undated comment added 19:21, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Just as simple is the Google Test, that gives just 83 unique hits for "humwhistle". "Barely notable" might be a rather optimistic statement. The Banner talk 20:42, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
comment - where is the "more than one source states Humwhistle is a folk art and mentions Humwhistle"? The only one I can find is http://www.folkartmusic.org/ and it's very vague as to how they certify. They don't give any definitions of the "folk art" they list. Not a good stand-a-lone source. Parabolooidal (talk) 23:06, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I crossed out User:kscottpage's second vote. Hope that's ok. Parabolooidal (talk) 13:36, 20 August 2014 (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.