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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Mottezen (talk) 17:15, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails WP:NORG. It's notability cannot be inherited from working with some notable artists and having a notable parent company. Only mentioned in passing in local newspaper. Last AfD had no participants, but the soft delete ruling was immediately challenged. Mottezen (talk) 22:21, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Mottezen (talk) 22:21, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Mottezen (talk) 22:21, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions. Mottezen (talk) 22:21, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - this was the source linked in the undelete request. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:40, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This is a local source, so it fails WP:AUD. Mottezen (talk) 22:43, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as challenger of the soft delete. The roster list has enough noteworthy names, in my estimation, to meet WP:MUSIC's sense of one of the more important indie labels. The Minnesota Daily article is substantial, though the publication is from a university; there's also a Billboard piece from 2009 ([1]) and MPR ([2]). Since this is a Warner subsidiary, even in the worst case, we would not want a redlink here, but rather a merge to a better parent article. Chubbles (talk) 02:17, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To be clear, none of these sources establish the company's notability. The MPR source fails WP:AUD, just like the Minnesota Daily. The billboard article was written by the President of the company, and is therefore a WP:PRIMARY source.

The noteworthiness of names on its roster list is irrelevant because notability is WP:NOTINHERITED. And if it can't even meet WP:NORG, it certainly doesn't "meet WP:MUSIC's sense of one of the more important indie labels".

As for a merger with Warner, I don't think it would be useful. None of this text is noteworthy enough to make it to that page, and an unexplained redirect to a company mostly know for its film studio will lead to confusion. Mottezen (talk) 02:36, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't, at all, see the link between NORG and NMUSIC. What are you judging NMUSIC#5 by? In fact, it demonstrates that a record label is indeed known for its artistic output. What makes a record label notable? A record label becomes notable when its output influences art and culture, by genre or geography, per COMMONSENSE. Therefore a record label does not inherit notability because of it's notable artists, but because a roster of notable artists are a strong indication of its influence on culture and art. On the other hand, I'm not sure this is a Warner subsidiary. They have a distribution deal, but so do a lot of other labels. To me, this is a case where notability is not inherited by its association with a notable distribution channel.

Analyzing the sources put forth by Chubbles, MPR passes AUD with flying colors, I rather flummoxed anyone would think statewise public radio is only local coverage. I agree that the Billboard piece (usually an excellent source) is not independent coverage. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 14:53, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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