447:: I think the problem is that techno music genres are mostly neglected by the general public and often belong to local subcultures. IMHO there is especially a gap between US American and European techno music and terminology. Happy hardcore entered mainstream in some European countries for a brief period of time in the early nineties. Many 'reliable' sources of that time do not even exist any more. Nevertheless, it is still quite easy to verify that the term 'happy hardcore' is actually used for a music genre. A simple site search on guardian.co.uk reveals plenty of articles about events and people involved in this genre. In contrast, a site search on nytimes.com does not get many hits, obviously because neither the term nor the genre itself is well known in the US. I also believe that this article should not have been tagged for deletion in the first place, as it is obvious that this was done over a short googling session and without consulting other editors with better access to possible sources. If the same had happened to a smaller genre, its article would probably be gone by now.
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