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The result was Convert to a disambiguation page. The two references on the article are not reliable sources, so the content is basically unsourced. While this may be a valid sub-genre there seems little if anything to say about it that can be properly verified. Given that there are numerous meanings for the term "dream house" this should be a dab page regardless of whether is a stand-alone article on this genre, as this is obviously not the most prominent meaning. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:40, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dream house[edit]

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This one is a short lived sub sub sub genre. I'd love to say what is unique about it but the article basically describes every other form of modern dance music. Ridernyc (talk) 04:37, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a "sub sub sub" genre. It's a turning point which, among other genres, fused trance music into house to create progressive house and made it mainstream. And why again do people have tendency deleting GOOD articles on Wikipedia? Shadiac (talk) 20:01, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:03, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Suggestion — Take basic sourced facts from the article and paste it into larger articles (such as trance music, for example). It is a contribution no matter what consensus we reach on this one, because those who brought sourced material acted on good faith. Shadiac (talk) 06:48, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Totally subjective and undefinable term for another music sub genre. Guyonthesubway (talk) 15:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge anything salvageable and redirect to House music. In general, if a subgenre term is in use (i.e. it is a valid search term), but not independently notable, the proper thing to do is merge and redirect to the parent genre. This can be done without taking it to AfD, as no admin-only actions are necessary. — Gwalla | Talk 19:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge anything salvageable to House music and disambig, rather. I overlooked the other uses of the term (though this is the first I've ever heard of that game show). — Gwalla | Talk 17:27, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It's a valid genre, and extensively inspired more recent electronic music Annihilatenow (talk) 11:57, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good then you will have no problem providing us with links showing it's characteristics, development, and how it "extensively inspired more recent electronic music". Ridernyc (talk) 00:24, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and redirect not to Trance but to Dream House (game show). This is a slighly complex issue. First, the key issue here is one of sources. Searches do not seem to turn up even the passing references that such sub-genres tend to generate, so the content should be removed. If someone can find verifiable and reliable sources then they should probably put a section in House or Trance music. However, please note that there is a hat note for Dream House (game show) at the top of the page, so rather than delete the page we should remove the content and make the subject article a redirect to that page, (because dream house is a much more likely search). If there is some sourced material on the sub-genre in a relevent article we should place a hat note on the game show page so that readers can get there easily. If not then it seems logical to leave it at that. Hope that is clear.--SabreBD (talk) 09:57, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Funny. Never heard of "dream house" as a game show. Have you? However, any decent DJ can tell you what a "dream house" is. And we are on Wikipedia, not a place you write articles at that your friend told you to write, obviously. But if more than enough people are talking about it, and there is no article with at least one valid source a/p def from the Ministry of Sound — not having it on Wikipedia is a regression, not a progress. Shadiac (talk) 02:08, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect. The genre page has a few sources to it, but it has that dreaded "popular tracks" list which is mostly unsourced. I'll say redirect to wherever suitable. Backtable _{Speak to me}^{concerning my deeds.} 19:07, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Little-known, short lived music genre. Furthermore, the simple "Dream house" is an inappropriate, misleading name for this subject. There are half a dozen Wikipedia articles about various permutation of "dream house," including Dream House (game show), Dream House (video game), Dream House (HGTV). etc. If this is kept its name should be changed to something like "Dream house (music)" or "Dream house (musical genre)." (This page "Dream house" is viewed an average of 100 times a day, but I bet the vast majority of those views are by people looking for a nonexistent article about people's ideal home.) --MelanieN (talk) 23:15, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was unaware of those. Thanks. If we get rid of the content, we should make this a disambiguation page.--SabreBD (talk) 00:02, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Useful article with some references. Notable topic. gidonb (talk) 22:45, 8 March 2010 (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.