Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Missing Link Records

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 10:29, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

=[[Missing Link Records]]=

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Non-notable record store/record company. Nothing to establish notability, not significant coverage in independent sources (as required under WP:N) or any of the WP:MUSIC criteria. GrapedApe (talk) 04:45, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

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Keep The article certainly needs work, especially with its references but its notability is established by its artist roster. A quick scan of Ian McFarlane's Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop provides The Boys Next Door/The Birthday Party,[http://web.archive.org/web/20040809220532/www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=99] The Bleeding Hearts,[http://web.archive.org/web/20040803184122/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=109] Philip Brophy/→ ↑ →,[http://web.archive.org/web/20040615101744/www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=144] Dynamic Hepnotics,[http://web.archive.org/web/20040419220446/www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=305] and so on. Other sources include Ed Nimmervoll's Howlspace [http://www.howlspace.com.au/en/boysnextdoor/boysnextdoor.htm] and the National Library of Australia [http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/30602983?q=%22Missing+Link+Records%22&c=music].shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 23:42, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

:Additional sources: Closing shop.[http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/missing-link-records-closing-down-after-years/], [http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/musicnews/87966/missing-link-records-to-close-down.htm], [http://www.messandnoise.com/news/4324519]. Going digital.[http://www.lifelounge.com.au/music/news/missing-link-records-vs-itunes-_-a-musical-david-vs-goliath.aspx]. Shop/label.[http://thethousands.com.au/melbourne/shop/missing-link/]. Shop.[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/17/1045330537597.html].shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 00:16, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Keep The label was a key independent record labels in the late 1970s-1980s, producing some of the first releases from a number of seminal Australian punk, new wave and post-punk acts, including The Boys Next Door, Laughing Clowns, Whirlywirld, The Go-Betweens and The Birthday Party. The article as Shaidar points out needs some work but clearly is one of the notable Australian record labels of the era.Dan arndt (talk) 03:15, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Anyone have access to Bob Blunts book Blunt: A Biased History of Australian Rock. If it's the book I think it is it should have a page on Missing Link. duffbeerforme (talk) 03:59, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Keep - per the refs checked by shaidar cuebiyar Satu Suro 11:47, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Keep - the article could do with some work, but there's no doubt that it's an important part of Australian music history Doctorhawkes (talk) 23:57, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

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