Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emily Williams discography


 * 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   delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 01:18, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Emily Williams discography

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This is an awesome case of content fork. I never saw an article like this in Wikipedia before; almost an avantgarde work, really. Now, what makes this article a discography?  C  anniba loki  04:09, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - an artist who has never even released a solo single clearly does not merit a stand-alone discography article -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:29, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - That's truly impressive. And here I thought that musicians needed albums before they could have discographies! BecauseWhy? (talk) 10:03, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  —JD554 (talk) 10:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Cannibaloki, to address your concerns. In regard to content forking -- how many releases does consesus believe an artist must to merits the discography it's own article; because there are further compilation appearances made by this artist, that I am planning on including once I find a reliable source to back it up. In regard to "what makes this article a discography?", according to Wikipedia's discography article, "a listing of all recordings which a musician or singer features on can be called their "discography". This is a listing of some of her recordings. In regard to ChrisTheDude and BecauseWhy, their interesting opinions, but what is an artist has released several EPS, singles, music videos and appeared on numerous compilations. This all count as 'releases' and if a discography only needs ten of these, it can become a featured list. Also, this discography will be part of a hopefully featured topic, "Young Divas member discography" and without this article the entire topic will be opposed due to cherry picking. This is only due to a limited subject matter, which is covered in 3)c) of the featured topic criteria, and although the list generally cannot achieve featured-list status it can still be included in part of a featured topic. Finnally, its not as if the artist has given up on her solo career, she continues to make compilation appearances and is working on her album. Overall, if your going to delete that's okay, I just need to know how many releases she needs before her discography warrants another article? Three? Five? Thanks! Alex Douglas (talk) 12:22, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Personally I would say that an artist needs to have released at least two albums to merit a stand-alone discography article. This artist has no solo releases whatsoever (IMO a single track on a compilation does not count as a "release" by the artist in question).  There is no reason to break this material out into a separate article -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ChrisTheDude, two albums? Should we delete Lady Gaga discography, she has only released one album, but she has a quite large amount of singles, music videos and compilation apearances? It has enough releases to achieve featured-list status with some clean-up. Should that go through AfD or FLC? So I ask you how many releases does Emily need before her discography warrants another article? Three? Five? When an artist gennerally requires ten to achieve a featured list status discography. Thanks! Alex Douglas (talk) 21:55, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete only on the grounds that the list can be recreated after she has ten releases; including guest appearances, compilation appearances and songwriting credits. Thanks! Alex Douglas (talk) 01:41, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Few releases as part of a group, and no releases as a solo artist do not warrant an individual discography, use the one on Emily Williams page. Bacchus87 (talk) 15:40, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * No releases as a solo artist? There are two appearances on compilations listed clearly. I ask you how many releases does Emily need before her discography warrants another article? Three? Five? When an artist gennerally requires ten to achieve a featured list status discography. Thanks! Alex Douglas (talk) 21:55, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete She has NO solo releases, they are appearances. Young Divas one should be in a Young Divas discog and the Aus Idol one is bearly notable. Wow, she was on Australian Idol, this does not make her notable, she's just like the 100 other failures...? You've done a good job with references, however, this info would all be perfectly fine in the actual article. k-i-a-c  ( hitmeup  -  the past ) 06:24, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete There is no reason why the very little content contained here cannot be incorporated into the artist's article. As for how many releases does someone need: I would say that 10 is a good rule of thumb, but they would need to be 10 releases by that artist (ie their own singles or albums) and not simply being included on a compilation. There will always be exceptions, but I can't see why this needs to be one. No solo singles and no solo albums doesn't warrant its own discography. --JD554 (talk) 07:44, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect The discography contains references and information not included in the main article. The main article would therefore benefit from a merge. It is not yet of the size that requires a spinoff article to be written. - Mgm|(talk) 10:35, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete 10 entries is the typical rule of thumb for justifying a standalone list. Not neccessarily 10 albums, but 10 releases (singles, eps, albums, what have you).  This could clearly be merged into the main article and present a much clearer source of information for readers. Drewcifer (talk) 13:54, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: no individual solo releases, non-notable artist. JamesBurns (talk) 01:46, 10 April 2009 (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.