Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blues guitar playing


 * 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   no consensus. no consensus to delete after three weeks - default to keep. Any merge ideas can be discussed further in the talk page JForget  02:13, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Blues guitar playing

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After I removed a complete violation of WP:NOTHOWTO and an IP removed another similar section, there really isn't much encyclopedic content left on the page. It's just a history of the blues, which should really be kept to Origins of the blues. The two references discuss the usage of slide guitar in the blues, but aren't enough to qualify for a valid fork. &mdash; Ledgend  Gamer  00:32, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I saw this when it was created, but couldn't find a suitable place to merge it. Apparently, the nominator has found it. So I suggest a merge to Origins of the blues where feasable. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 00:36, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree with deletion or merger as consensus occurs. I was planning to incrementally rewrite it but have had some other offline issues come up so can't get to it in any reasonable time. (I thought I could help bring it up to snuff but apparently the initiating editor bailed out.) I like the idea of a blues technique article so have copied an earlier version of it to my user sandbox and will look at it over time to see what can be salvaged and placed elsewhere. I may leave a recommendation to the original editor to post a cleaned up version of the how-to to Wikihow which is where it belonged in the first place. Regards to all. Trilobitealive (talk) 01:12, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - As a Texas native, I find it interesting that this article currently makes no mention of Stevie Ray Vaughan or Texas blues. —  C M B J   06:48, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:54, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, though I'm not strongly opposed to a redirect. Definitely a valid topic. However, as it stands, what we have is a preamble without an article. The only argument against a redirect is that it may discourage people from writing a real article on the subject. &mdash; Gwalla | Talk 17:12, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment re Gwalla's recommendation. If the article is kept it may be several weeks or even a couple of months before I could do any substantial editing to improve it so unless the original editor or someone else steps up to do the work needed it will remain in its present condition a long time.Trilobitealive (talk) 19:52, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * All the article needs is some editing and proof that an article on blues-style guitar playing is a valid fork. If you're interested, you could userfy it until these conditions are met. &mdash; Ledgend  Gamer  23:48, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 01:01, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 22:32, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep The topic has great notability. See Guitar facts for an example of good content which explains the topic well.   Colonel Warden (talk) 01:14, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I can see your side, but the original editor didn't come back as far as I know. Looking through the edit history you'll see that many of the parts which have been retained were mine and I can assure you I don't know enough about the subject to continue unless a more knowledgable editor (such as yourself) takes an interest. Plus I am still not going to have sufficient editing time to do any intense research and editing work for some months. Looking at the version I put in my user space I can't find good sourcing for the parts I didn't write. Which is another problem. So I'm still weakly in favor of deleting it.Trilobitealive (talk) 15:07, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Please see our editing policy which explains that we keep poor articles in mainspace so that they may be found by readers who may then improve them. We do not require any advance commitment by particular editors as this is volunteer work without any deadline.  In order to abort this normal process of slow improvement, it must be demonstrated that the topic is hopeless or improper and this does not seem to be the case for this topic. Colonel Warden (talk) 15:59, 27 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep The article is basically a history on The Blues. It's informational. Str8cash (talk) 05:44, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * SMerge" to Origins of the blues. Insufficient evidence of sufficient material for an independent article. - SummerPhD (talk) 22:07, 28 March 2010 (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.