Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hands up (music genre)

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:07, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hands up (music genre)

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Not notable, unsourced article. Suggesting a redirect to Hardstyle, based on its resemblance to the genre as quoted here aNode (discuss) 06:50, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 10:31, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for complete lack of notability, hands down. Note also the total lack of interest on the part of the creator, one prime example of I-can't-be-arsed-ism. -The Gnome (talk) 13:33, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:23, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Talk to my owner:Online 06:14, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply
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Thumbs down Fails
WP:V. A quick look at the German article (the country this genre is alledged to come from) show references mainly from Urban Dictionary. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 14:13, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply
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Delete: fails
WP:V and the description is way too vague to be able to determine exactly what this music "genre" actually is – indeed, searching around the internet tends to throw up posts on Reddit and dance music forums asking for a definition of hands up, which suggests that nobody really knows. I wouldn't redirect it to hardstyle for two reasons: firstly, the article the nominator links to is just one person's definition, and he is a freelance contributor to a non-notable online dance website (I can't determine whether the website is a blog or not... I can see that the founders started it up during their university studies, and all the contributors are enthusiastic freelancers with little or no professional journalistic credentials). Secondly, most people seem to link hands up more to trance or Eurotrance than hardstyle. There's even a Facebook post here [1] which states authoritatively that hands up is actually an umbrella term encompassing almost every style of music that music you want to throw your hands in the air. With such vagueness surrounding the term and no credible sources defining it, deleting seems to be the only option. Richard3120 (talk) 17:36, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply
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