Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Belieber


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The result was   merge to Justin Bieber. The point that 'Little Monsters' is the more comparable analogy compared to 'Beatlemania' was persuasive. J04n(talk page) 23:49, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Belieber

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Non-notable slang Orange Mike  &#x007C;  Talk  05:44, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. The word is now very widely used to describe Bieber fans (just look at the voluminous GNews results, including The New Yorker), and Bieber fandom is a subject of extremely extensive coverage in reliable sources. The article has issues (for example, the inclusion of footnote #9 (All You Want to Know But Didn't Think You Could Ask: Religions, Cults, and Popular Beliefs) may be an example of OR since there seems to be no reference to Bieber therein), but overall the subject of Bieber's fan base strikes me as self-evidently notable, at least as a spinoff from the main Justin Bieber article. --Arxiloxos (talk) 06:08, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge to Justin Bieber in summary form. This is really stretching the relevant content out a bit, and a short section in the Bieber article summarizing details of his fanbase would be adequate. --Michig (talk) 07:32, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep The topic is obviously notable and seems comparable with Beatlemania, say. Warden (talk) 08:30, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge to Justin Beiber in summary form per Arxiloxos; easily cut down from the long form it is right now.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 09:20, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Sir  Rcsprinter,  Bt  (Gimme a message)  @ 09:24, 26 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Merge/redirect - Beatlemania is a good example, but I'm inclined to think Little monsters (fan) is probably a better modern equivalent and it redirects to a section of Lady Gaga. The same should probably happen here until the quantity of information justifies a split to a stand-alone article. On that point, there's probably a whole bunch of fancruft stuff that wouldn't need to be merged Stalwart 111  09:32, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmm ... Keep, cleanup, and move to Justin Bieber fandom. (The article on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fandom is not located at Brony, either.) I would recommend removing the unsourced designation as "fanatical devotees", as well as removing or rewriting the second paragraph - these incidents are sufficiently covered in the body of the text. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 15:29, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep, significant coverage in numerous secondary sources. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:59, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Slight merge to Justin Bieber. Fandoms should be and normally are covered in the articles about the person, group, or thing of which they are a fan. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 17:07, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect to Justin Bieber per WP:NOTDIC, and precedent (Lady Gaga). I note that Bieber Fever redirects to Belieber; If this were kept and moved per Mike, I'd suggest that as the target per Beatles/MLP precedent. Ansh666 08:16, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect to Justin Bieber StuartDouglas (talk) 12:21, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect to Justin Bieber Rankersbo (talk) 13:53, 3 June 2013 (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.