Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Semi-Christian metal bands

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The result of the debate was delete. &mdash; Trilobite (Talk) 03:07, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

List of Semi-Christian metal bands
Nonsense. Delete. Neutralitytalk July 9, 2005 09:28 (UTC)

Nice article. No reason to consider it nonsense. I also changed it to be more neutral. Keep (i'm the original creator of article) -- Unsigned comment by 130.234.178.75


 * Weak delete. Clean up a bit, if you can prove the article can have some potential, then maybe. Right now it seems rather unsubstantiated, POV, etc. -- Natalinasmpf 9 July 2005 10:24 (UTC)


 * Keep. --84.231.82.176 9 July 2005 10:27 (UTC) Note: This user's only edits are to the article in question and this VFD page contributions Sasquatch&#08242;&#08596;Talk&#08596;Contributions July 9, 2005 10:37 (UTC)
 * weak delete per above. Not encyclopedic as of yet. Sasquatch&#08242;&#08596;Talk&#08596;Contributions July 9, 2005 10:37 (UTC)
 * I think it needs to be deleted, but then I'd say the same is true for most of the absurd number of band lists on WP so I'll abstain for now. --Moritz 9 July 2005 11:02 (UTC)
 * Delete Founded on POV, containing references to Christianity does not constitute being "semi-Christian". "Christian themes" is POV, "dealt with in a positive way" is POV. Is being semi-anything notable anyway? What about being semi-Muslim, semi-Anarchist, semi-Agnostic? --TheMidnighters 9 July 2005 11:15 (UTC)
 * Delete Google for "Semi-christian metal" =1. Neologism and POV --Porturology 9 July 2005 11:28 (UTC)
 * blah ok delete it then if you want. I think it's interesting to have a list of non-christian bands that have christian lyricks, and there were no place for those before that. // author of the page
 * And you really think an encyclopedia is the right place for it? Honestly, I'm wondering! (Note above, I don't think it's the right place for any of those lists.) --Moritz 9 July 2005 11:52 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete. I'd like to see this page cleaned up, as I personally feel it could be useful. However, I would also be in favor of a move or redirect, as the title "semi-Christian" doesn't convey an NPV --Blu Aardvark 9 July 2005 11:55 (UTC)
 * Delete: seems to be there on the basis of some subjective agenda. And the assertion that themes of Christianity are being dealt with in a positive way could only ever be based on pure conjecture. Flowerparty 9 July 2005 12:52 (UTC)
 * Delete, no significant value james gibbon  9 July 2005 13:10 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm sure I already put this up for VfD or something as a neologism     9 July 2005 13:47 (UTC)
 * Delete my main concern is that it is based on interpretation of the lyrics and so is POV based on a neologism. Another religion might be able to conclude that the artists was really talking about their religion. -Splash 9 July 2005 14:25 (UTC)
 * Delete, category is impossible to objectively define. Dcarrano July 9, 2005 17:54 (UTC)
 * Delete per Dcarrano. A &#1080; D &#1103; 01D  TALK  EMAIL  July 9, 2005 18:49 (UTC)
 * Strong delete per Splash. I've had several edits on the Christian metal article, and there's such a dispute going on in the Christian metal scene over which bands are Christian that it's best to just let the reader decide for themselves.  Let's not even go there.  There is no such thing as a "Semi-Christian", and there's no such thing as a "Semi-Christian band"... unless you're talking about Christians who drive semis. --Idont Havaname 20:02, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete "Semi-Christian" is either nonsense, a neologism, or inherently POV. Xoloz 06:44, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete This article is useless. Same reasons as everyone else said.  NPOV and just nonsense. AshTM 07:14, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per a combination of Dcarrano's point and the neologism point, adding concern about inherent unverfiability of such a list. The Literate Engineer 07:48, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per all the delete reasons given above. Quale 08:50, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Silly to have a list of semi-anythings. Subjective, vague. carmeld1 06:55, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete subjective and unencyclopedic. JamesBurns 07:19, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment Sensible only if the band in question regard themselves as such, otherwise arbitrary based on outside reference - Skysmith 12:24, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I've yet to find any bands that regarded themselves as "Semi-Christian". There are a lot of bands that say, "We are Christians, but this is not a Christian band"... but either way that's not an appropriate list topic either because it opens up to all kinds of POV arguments over who should be included. (And additionally, some readers might read into the title, no matter what we call it, and think it means List of bands I shouldn't support.) --Idont Havaname 20:46, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Exactly - Skysmith 09:31, 12 July 2005 (UTC)


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