Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of albums released by Motown


 * 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 keep.  Sango 123  03:06, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

List of albums released by Motown
Destined to be unweidly: Motown has released literally thousands of albums, as this external link shows. Better if categorized (in the already available category Category:Motown albums. --FuriousFreddy 03:56, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Already has a category doing exactly the same thing as this article.  --דניאל talk  contribs   Email 04:00, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. The list is chronological, so it is not the same thing as the category. Disclosure: I originally created both the category and the list; the majority of entries on both were added by me. Mike Dillon 04:07, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * My point is that this list, if it were to be accurate (as any encyclopedia article should strive to be), it would contain far too many entries to neatly display on one page. There's absolutley no reason to display a grossly incomplete list just for the sake of having an incomplete list (especially one like this, which is barely 5% complete, if that). Also note that, if truly desired, a category could have its entries sort-keyed to be chronological.--FuriousFreddy 06:03, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep but limit to albums that have articles of their own. Maybe rename it "List of successful albums released by Motown" or some such.--T. Anthony 04:17, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * "Successful" is subjective. What justifies success? There is no available sales information on most Motown releases before 1976, so I suppose charts would have to be relied upon. Changing the name in this way will probably just lead to POV battles. --FuriousFreddy 06:03, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep &mdash; article can be split up into shorter ones (e.g. "List of albums released by Motown 1960-1970", etc.) as and when needed. Category performs a different job (sort by title). Mike Peel 10:17, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, and split into sub-articles. --TheM62Manchester 10:18, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep this list does something categories can't seem to do. Of historical interest. Title does not mention success, thus no subjectivity in compiling the list. Ohconfucius 04:15, 12 August 2006 (UTC)


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