Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bands and musicians from Yorkshire and North East England


 * 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. Feel free to discuss renaming the article on the talk page. I think that's a good idea. Missvain (talk) 01:06, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Bands and musicians from Yorkshire and North East England

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This will no doubt be a controversial nomination. Fails WP:LISTN and does not meet any purpose of a list under WP:LISTPURP. Also goes against key principles of WP:IINFO (WP:RAWDATA). Also, inclusion criteria are unclear. Ed Sheeran might well be born in Halifax but I doubt anyone would consider him to be from Yorkshire given that he grew up in the south.


 * WP:LISTN - there is a lack of evidence to suggest that this topic is discussed at length in reliable sources; I'm not seeing any particular reason why bands, musicians and festivals from this particular region should be given a special level of significance
 * WP:LISTPURP - this list does not contain any valuable information, it does not aid in navigation and it serves no developmental purpose
 * WP:IINFO - merely being true, or even verifiable, does not automatically make something suitable for inclusion in the encyclopaedia. Spiderone  20:07, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  20:08, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  20:08, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  20:08, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  20:08, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
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 * The broader and possibly vague scope of this list may be a problem (really because of the inclusion of "North East England", not because of what it means to be "from", which is dealt with regularly in lists as well as categories), but this would seem to most closely parallel Category:Musicians from Yorkshire. Narrowing its focus to a clearly definable geographic locale like that would make it a valid complement to that category per WP:LISTPURP and WP:NOTDUP. postdlf (talk) 16:34, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep and repurpose to Bands and Musicians from Yorkshire which is a valid specific topic for a list in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 22:57, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 * If it's kept wouldn't it be better to rename the article Music in Yorkshire or something similar? The article also lists venues, festivals and albums associated with the county. Spiderone  10:19, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I think that's really an overlapping but separate thing. "Fooers from place X" in lists and categories never is almost never limited to those that Foo'd in that place, it's really more about subdividing by occupation the grouping of everyone notable from that place. postdlf (talk) 15:24, 6 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep This appears to be exactly what I would look for in a list. Great wikilinking to other articles I may be interested in, and as a list, I would expect to find the supporting sources in maybe just some select places - which is the case here. Notability certainly isn't a factor for me on a list of this nature and size.--Concertmusic (talk) 21:23, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per discussion, although a re-naming is not out of order. Bearian (talk) 22:40, 8 December 2020 (UTC)


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