Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bands and musicians by name


 * 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 of the debate was delete. Mailer Diablo 12:26, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

List of bands and musicians by name
Isn't this exactly what categories are for? (Also, Wikipedia is not a directory) Aleph4 09:52, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

See also Articles for deletion/Lists of bands and musicians by letter. Aleph4 19:36, 14 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. The current category software is incapable of displaying all bands and musicians. But this list would be unmaintainable by its length and the frequency of necessary updates. One of the external links estimates there are 80,000 recording artists. That's unacceptable. Melchoir 10:04, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Utterly unmaintainable, basically useless through inherent incompleteness. -- GWO
 * Delete, see reasons above. --Jadriaen 11:26, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as above, potentially unmanageably large. Colon el Tom 13:19, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per all above. Also note that the entire Copyright Info section is a direct copy from a BBC Radio article . ScottW 14:17, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Any thoughts on the articles linked from this one (Bands starting with A NUMBER (0-9), Bands starting with A, Bands starting with B, etc)? ScottW 14:23, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: My thought is delete all such lists. Unmaintainable (whereas the category is nearly self-maintaining), no value in grouping by initial, no added value by including non-notable bands/performers, no added value by including note text in list entries.  Barno 18:07, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: To follow up on my earlier comment, I've removed the information from the ironically named Copyright Info section which had been copied from other sites. ScottW 01:57, 11 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete "This is a comprehensive list of all band names, irregardless of their genre, in alphabetical order." How on Earth is it possible to maintain such a list and who would use it when categories are available?  (aeropagitica)    (talk)   15:44, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete... per GWO.--Isotope23 17:44, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - if it was done well, I might have been swayed - Frank Zappa is under "F". The Fall aren't in it at all. Pffft. Ac@osr 18:22, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment What is to be done with all the individual pages that are summed up on this page? --Jadriaen 20:18, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * delete them as well. --Walter Görlitz 20:28, 10 May 2006 (UTC)


 * SPEEDY Delete There's just so much wrong with the idea. --Walter Görlitz 20:26, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all of them. --Ton e  21:40, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete Nintendude list. Danny Lilithborne 01:47, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per Danny. Just a terrible idea.  &middot; rodii &middot;  22:14, 14 May 2006 (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.