Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Maureen McGovern


 * 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. Ron Ritzman (talk) 13:51, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Maureen McGovern

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No sources found besides a laconic review on Allmusic. Prod declined without comment. Fails WP:NALBUMS; compilation albums are not inherently notable. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 06:04, 5 February 2011 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:33, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Hi, TPH. I had discovered that you put the article that I provided "20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Maureen McGovern" in the category of deletion nomination. I had tried to find other sources besides Allmusic, but all I could find were articles on this particular CD from the websites of Amazon, CDUniverse, Musicstack, and other websites of retailers. I honestly own a copy of this particular album, so the primary source of the article was the album itself. I'm not sure if this helps but I wanted to bring that to your attention nevertheless. I've tried to find reviews by other sources besides AllMusic, but I haven't found any as of yet. It will be greatly appreciated if you could give me some time to find any reviews and sources. If you could ask anyone else to help me out with any reliable sources, that will be greatly appreciated as well. Feel free to write back soon. --Jpete (talk) 14:47, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:21, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete: Insufficient sources, notability not established. JacksOrion (talk) 10:05, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Delete. Google search turns up lots of online stores selling this compilation album. Like Jpete's vote, this merely proves that WP:ITEXISTS. As Jpete says, there don't seem to be any reliable sources available. Without sources, it fails any standard of notability. It's had its AfD extended for a week, and there are still no sources, despite the plea for time. » scoops “ 5x5  „ 14:21, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Not strictly a compilation album, since as the article notes it includes material not found on any previous album my the artist. Also not a standard "greatest hits" album; instead, it's the only representation of the artist's early career on CD, since the label released this rather than reissue her first few albums. There's almost certainly significant coverage of this point out there -- but it will be very difficult to search for, since the references will typically include statements like "McGovern's early recordings have never appeared on CD, because her label has released only a "greatest hits" album and moved on," without mentioning the unwieldy generic title. (Wikipedia coverage of matters like this, the industrial side of the music business, is conspicuously weak.) An encyclopedia should be encyclopedic; creating (or enlarging) holes in reasonably comprehensive discographies for notable artists (even MOR performers) isn't consistent with the encyclopedic purpose. If not kept, this should be merged into Nice to Be Around, since there's a case to be made that thia is more accurately characterized as a revised CD edition of that LP than a "compilation album". Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 03:26, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - per Wolfowitz.--BabbaQ (talk) 11:18, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Album has an Allmusic rating. Also includes material not avialble on other release by the artist. Compilation albums of this nature can be important to a recording artists discography. The article is well presented and complete. Dutchdean (talk) 18:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 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.