Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack


 * 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 restore the redirect. Given the extensive history of edit-warring, I will be protecting the redirect to enforce the close decision. Nyttend (talk) 11:51, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack

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No indication of independent notability. A single non-RS source. Searches did not turn up enough in-depth coverage to show that it meets WP:GNG.  Onel 5969  TT me 11:02, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

I strongly oppose this deletion. Vice city soundtrack is one of the most iconic video game soundtracks of all time, and in many cases have introduced entire communities to genres of music they might not have otherwise listened to. Sushovande (talk) 12:41, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Onel, I see you've recommended the soundtrack article for GTA Vice City to be deleted. Why havent you also recommended the soundtrack articles for GTA3, GTA4, and GTA5 be deleted as well.?


 * Grand_Theft_Auto_III_soundtrack
 * Grand_Theft_Auto_IV_soundtrack
 * Grand_Theft_Auto_V_soundtrack

I'm confused why its "okay" for those three articles to remain, but the Vice City article has to redirect to the commercially-released discs that don't contain the full soundtrack ingame... Damian001 (talk) 07:30, 11 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Every soundtrack, as any article, is discussed on its own merits. Also we typically discuss one case before deciding whether a principle applies to a whole group. The question is what reliable sources you're using to justify keeping this article separate from the main game's article. It was originally redirected for a lack of references, nevertheless from reliable sources. The soundtrack article is also full of original research—like Izno said on my talk page, it's exactly the sort of unencyclopedic information we don't host, though it'd be fine to export the content to a fandom wiki (such as Wikia) if you want to preserve the unverified information. But when a topic lacks significant coverage in multiple reliable, independent sources (?), we then lack the means to write an encyclopedic treatment of the topic, hence why the article is redirected or deleted. czar  13:18, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * In addition to what Czar says, which is correct, I'll also add that its pretty common for there to be an initial deletion discussion to be held on one example of a type of article, and then further action taken based on the result of the initial discussion. For example, lets say there is a strong consensus here to delete the Vice City soundtrack article. Then its likely that the GTA 3 soundtrack is nominated for deletion next, if it looks to be a comparable situation. On the other hand, if someone points out how there are actually a lot of websites that cover this sort of thing, then they may be less likely to nominated GTA 3, and whole thing may be dropped. But its not abnormal (or wrong) to just "start with one". People can pick and chose whatever they want to nominate, as long as its in good faith. Sergecross73   msg me  20:51, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:23, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:23, 11 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep per sources on Google (Granted not all are great however notability is there)- As the game was released in 2002 I'd imagine most sources would be offline. – Davey 2010 Talk 20:37, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * - Can you point out a few specifics? I'm neutral right now, but I'm seeing a lot of false positives in that first page of listings. I really don't think the article The Notorious B.I.G. & 9/11: Radio Censorship, Illuminati Conspiracy Theories and Everything In Between is going to be significant coverage on this subject, for example. Sergecross73   msg me  21:07, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge - I assumed this was the CD however I've just found out we already have a CD article (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Official Soundtrack Box Set) so in the end I've just wasted an hour of my life scrapping the barrel for sources!, I'm a great lover of Vice City however even I agree this shouldn't be an article, Merge the radio descriptions into Vice City as they're relevent but the rest can go. – Davey 2010 Talk 21:46, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   04:55, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Restore redirect (Grand_Theft_Auto:_Vice_City), per my longer comment above czar  07:53, 18 May 2017 (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.