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. (non-admin closure) Peter Karlsen (talk) 01:12, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vesyolye Rebyata

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No references, no indication of importance, tagged since 2009 Talktome^(Intelati) 00:20, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Google search does not come up with any matches to a musical group named Vesyolye Rebyata (at least none that are discerable and/or in English). Does not appear to be either notable or verifiable. - Idunno271828 (Talk | contribs) 01:39, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The Russian Wikipedia article has six book and newspaper sources, including this encyclopedia, and an extensive discography showing that the band has released many albums over 40 years, mostly on the Melodiya label. Phil Bridger (talk) 16:02, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here are a couple of English-language sources showing that this band was part of the Soviet response to the growing popularity of Western pop music in the 1960s: [1][2]. Phil Bridger (talk) 16:18, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as per Phil Bridger. Bondegezou (talk) 14:37, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 04:48, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Let the Russian editors build it up before tossing it, especially if the only potentially valid sources are in Russian. Bytemeh (talk) 06:08, 30 October 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.