Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of number-one indie hits of 2009 (UK)

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 Main concern of the nomination appears to be that the article is lacking in sources, rather than notability. As stated by the keep votes below (ex. Technohead and Daniel), sources can indeed be found, even though the subject was mentioned by BBC Radio one. Cheers, I'^mperator 16:37, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of number-one indie hits of 2009 (UK)

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Delete. There is no such chart as the "Indie hits" chart by

WP:N. Dale

20:23, 31 August 2009 (UTC) Also listed:[reply]

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UK Indie Chart
Strongest possible keep of
UK Indie Chart. This has been the subject of a dedicated book - cited in the article. There certainly was an indie chart during the 1980s that was seperately and professionally compiled. The 1980s lists can easily be sourced from Barry Lazell's book. There is also currently an indie chart that is compiled by the Official Charts Company [1] and is the top 40 singles by sales on independent labels, or are we supposed to believe that the BBC is just making this up? All in all, I find this AFD somewhat bizarre.--Michig (talk) 20:51, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply
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Strong and speedy keep. The chart is genuine and notable (gets many hits in Google Books and even a few in Google Scholar). At the foot of the Radio 1 page it clearly says "Top 30 Independent Label Singles is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company" and it is very obviously not a playlist chart just from its contents. In case anybody thinks that the BBC is lying about this, The Official UK Chart Company website confirms that they produce Indie charts ([2]) although they do not actually make them available on the site. So the only real problem is verifiability due to the lack of a reliable source of past chart data. Archive.org is only of limited help: [3]. We need to find out where these charts are published (perhaps in the NME?) and use that as the reference. --DanielRigal (talk) 21:10, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep
The Official Charts Company". There is, actually - the ChartPlus newsletter has several charts supplied by the Official Charts Company. One of them is the Indie Chart. Neutral about the number ones by years, though. DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 22:05, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply
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Keep
Tikilounge (talk) 02:53, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply
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Keep The nomination for deletion is wrong. The chart is not a playlist compiled by radio 1; it is an official chart published by the Official Charts Company and appears in publications such as Music Week and Charts Plus. Technohead1980 (talk) 23:35, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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