Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Forever (Sleep ∞ Over album)


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The result was withdrawn by nominator. (non-admin closure) ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 13:28, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Forever (Sleep ∞ Over album)

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I'll admit, this article is well sourced, and I would've left it be if the artist had an article, but here's the thing; they don't. We don't normally create articles on releases by recording artists who don't have their own articles, with very few exceptions, such as "Mia Khalifa" (although the artist isn't notable, the song certainly is due to the meme it spawned), various one-off all-star recordings ("We Are the World", "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?", "Voices That Care", etc.), songs so old no living person knows who originally performed them and various artists releases if those count, and this album obviously falls into none of those categories. ⓋᎯ☧ǿᖇǥ@ℤε💬 16:44, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. ⓋᎯ☧ǿᖇǥ@ℤε💬 16:44, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. ⓋᎯ☧ǿᖇǥ@ℤε💬 16:44, 12 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep I'm a bit puzzled by the nom. I'm not sure that no artist article equals no album article. This album seems to have lots of coverage, and meets WP:GNG.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 18:23, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I think the nom is alluding to WP:A9 probably. But that can be overlooked if the sourcing is there. Usually, it isn’t. But this appears to be a rare case. Sergecross73   msg me  20:13, 12 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep - I am not usually in favor of an article for an album by a band that does not have their own article (WP:A9), but in this case it simply looks like no volunteer has stepped forward for a band article. This album received robust and reliable reviews and some other significant media coverage, so the album satisfies the notability requirements at WP:NALBUM. If this album article survives, I could volunteer to get a band article started. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 17:35, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: everyone (including the nominator) seems to agree that this album passes WP:NALBUM on its own terms – the only issue raised is the lack of an article for the artist. But it appears that this could be remedied: there is an AllMusic biography, an article in The Guardian , and interviews in FACT and Australia's The Music (which looks like it qualifies as an RS)  which despite being primary sources could still be used for factual information about the band. It would be short, but there's enough to create a decent and well-sourced article about the band as  has suggested, and with that I think any concerns about this album's article would be alleviated. Richard3120 (talk) 11:30, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per the above commentary. There appears to be enough coverage from third-party, reliable sources to meet the WP:GNG requirements. I would imagine an article on the band has not been created yet because there has not been enough interested editors to start one. Aoba47 (talk) 19:13, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. The answer isn’t to delete this notable album because of guidelines, but rather create the notable musicians article so it no longer violates that technicality. A rare situation, but it does happen. Sergecross73   msg me  23:22, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
 * WP:SNOW keep per all of the above. The album was heavily reviewed, and Sleep ∞ Over does have an article now. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:06, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't know why I started this AfD, as just creating an article on the band seemed like an obvious solution from the start. How do I close this AfD?ⓋᎯ☧ǿᖇǥ@ℤε💬 10:43, 17 February 2020 (UTC)


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