Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/King of Pop

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was merge and redirect. Rossami (talk) 21:28, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

King of Pop
Inherently POV.
 * Clean up
 * Delete     16:52, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Wacko Jacko into Michael Jackson slogans. 81.156.176.226 11:19, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep or redirect... this title is definitely well known as being used with Jackson. I don't think it's any more POV than "Prophet Muhammad" or "Prophet Bahá'u'lláh" -all are titles given to them that not everyone accepts...? I think that makes sense gren 17:04, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * But we don't allow "Jesus Christ", only "Jesus". And Muhammad is listed under "Muhammad" rather than "Prophet Muhammad", so I don't see how that is an argument.     11:10, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I suppose then you'd agree with the redirect part of my statement. gren 17:12, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep, of course. Well known title, used by many people, and this is a good NPOV stub. sjorford &rarr;&bull;&larr; 17:15, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable title. You 19:59, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Might need a little cleanup, but is in use.  humblefool&reg; 21:38, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Michael Jackson and redirect. This is almost a dicdef. 23skidoo 21:40, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Michael Jackson. Nestea 21:41, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. &mdash; Phil Welch 00:53, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. The article itself doesn't deserve a page (hell, why not create Jacko, Wacko Jacko, Court TV's favorite topic, etc.).  However, it is a well-known title, and it should be sent to the main M. Jackson page.
 * Delete POV not encyclopedic. JamesBurns 05:24, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Michael Jackson --Xcali 05:42, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge, along with Wacko Jacko, with Michael Jackson. --Idont Havaname 18:31, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Hiding 19:45, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment if this is kept how many of these will there be? The king, The king of rock and roll, The godfather of soul? Hiding 19:45, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It is a commonly given name to Michael Jackson... just like The King links to Elvis. I don't believe any of those others you mentioned are prominent. gren 20:02, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I'll change my vote to Redirect to Michael Jackson.  I'd argue it's as prominent as James Brown being the Godfather of Soul though.


 * Redirect to Michael Jackson. Why does this require its own article? carmeld1 00:11, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect, unless another King of Pop is suggested (as Jacko is a disambiguation...) Samaritan 21:39, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect. It's a highly common epithet for Michael Jackson (one that is used for no one else), but no need to give it an independent article.  Postdlf 00:37, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect ditto above Saswann 17:04, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but needs cleaning-up to be whiter-than-white. The last sentence is a good candidate for BJAODN. Physchim62 20:45, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Michael Jackson (literally copy, summarize a bit, wikify, and paste) and then redirect). --FuriousFreddy 01:17, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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