Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dates of classical music eras


 * 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 of the debate was redirected. Johnleemk | Talk 10:31, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Dates of classical music eras
Basically a talk-page discussion made into an article. Undoubtedly this topic is legitimately part of European classical music but doesn't need a separate article. &mdash;Wahoofive (talk) 18:54, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Background: this article was created as part of a revert war over the starting and ending dates in Renaissance music and Baroque music. But not only is this article useless in general, it doesn't solve the revert war problem. &mdash;Wahoofive (talk) 18:56, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Wahoofive. --worthawholebean talkcontribs 20:03, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. What else are we to do with this information? Any general-interest reference that discusses classical music contains this information -- it is not mere talk page content.  It is not suitable for a template.  It should not be duplicated in each of the era-specific articles.  There is a need to link to it from each of the era-specific articles.  And while it could be merged into European classical music and linked as a subhead, that article is already lengthy and such an exposition is unlikely to survive there.  I would like to note that I have not participated in the aforementioned edit war, but rather I stumbled upon it because I've been watching the affected page for link spam.  The Uninvited Co., Inc. 21:05, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I thought from the title this would be some kind of timeline, which seems fine. But it's just meta-commentary. Possibly useful as talk-page fodder or perhaps even some kind of larger policy discussion, but not as a main article. rodii 22:40, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with European classical music. D e nni &#9775;  22:52, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into European classical music. *Dan T.* 22:58, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge per above. Eusebeus 14:54, 8 December 2005 (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.