Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of artists influenced by Michael Jackson


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  13:22, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

List of artists influenced by Michael Jackson

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Yes, the King of Pop was indeed influential. Still, this list is WP:INDISCRIMINATE and WP:FANCRUFT--how do we define "influenced by" (qualitative/quantitative?) Just because some contemporary artists mentioned Michael Jackson by name in a random interview, does that make it an "influence" per-se? This list raises more questions than answers, and should not have existed in the first place. HĐ (talk) 01:59, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. HĐ (talk) 01:59, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. HĐ (talk) 01:59, 11 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Michael Jackson is constantly "credited" or "cited" as an influence on others performers around the world. That's part of his literature as with other contemporary fellows (Madonna) or older generations (Beatles and Presley). Media responses include their own listicles/articles naming these artists as an influence and including examples, or commentaries of their influences on others. That's one of the point of difference from newer artists such as Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera etc that have their own "list of artists influenced by". Beyond this, I concur with the nomination and after thinking about these lists, I think will be better delete all of them, including this list. The topic of "Michael Jackson's influence on others performers", however, I think could perfectly develop in the Cultural impact of Michael Jackson. Regards, --Apoxyomenus (talk) 02:53, 11 April 2021 (UTC)


 * comment I do not oppose deleting this article, as I do agree that some of the content could be migrated to the cultural impact of Michael Jackson article, but the following articles MUST go too: List of artists influenced by Beyoncé, List of artists influenced by Christina Aguilera, List of artists influenced by Eminem, List of artists influenced by Janet Jackson, and List of artists influenced by Madonna.


 * I fear that voting for this may result in its deletion, while the others possibly may not end up deleted.TruthGuardians (talk) 04:07, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , In case you did not know, I have also started AFDs for all of the lists you mentioned. Feel free to comment there as well. HĐ (talk) 06:08, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * On it. Thanks. TruthGuardians (talk) 22:56, 11 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete, per nom. Michael Jackson and Madonna basically invented the modern pop stars. What's the point of endlessly listing all these celebrity names, when they're basically influenced the entire industry. Bluesatellite (talk) 06:00, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Let's not exaggerate. There are plenty of artists who were not influenced by Jackson especially white rock/metal bands. castorbailey (talk) 19:17, 11 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep but only if the other similar pages are kept too. Wiki should be consistent. If Madonna, Eminem, Janet Jackson have such pages Michael Jackson should too. Otherwise include this info in Jackson's Cultural impact page castorbailey (talk) 19:17, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Avoid WP:OTHERSTUFF. HĐ (talk) 01:48, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Just a POV fancruft used for POV pushing and providing a false notion that "everyone has been influenced by my favorite artist". We don't need that here. TolWol56 (talk) 02:11, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:FANCRUFT and WP:LISTCRUFT. Georgethedragonslayer (talk) 02:19, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete more and more of this lists, MJ had a huge influence on several artists but we don't need a supermarket grocery list it can be featured on his article. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 12:43, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - Lots of musicians were influenced by MJ and rightfully so, but that does not lead to a useful list article per WP:LISTCRUFT and WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Anyone who says they were influenced by MJ can have that fact stated at their own article, if it is backed up by reliable sources. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) 13:56, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Barely conclusive if we look at the WP:OR done on this list. LearnIndology (talk) 04:30, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:NLIST. Störm   (talk)  12:06, 16 April 2021 (UTC)


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