Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of blue-eyed soul artists


 * 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   Speedy keep. The nomination and delete comments seem to have been working under a misconception that makes this nomination hard to sustain. Whether the list is redundant to a category doesn't need to be debated at AfD yet. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 13:52, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

List of blue-eyed soul artists

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Unencyclopedic and seriously minor, minor trivia. [ roux  ] [ x ] 08:31, 30 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete It's not asserted why this category is important. What's next, brown-haired Heavy Metal drummers? --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 08:56, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Green-eyed female unmarried folk singers who went electric! [ roux  ] [ x ] 09:00, 30 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete - Clearly this should have been subdivided into List of blue-eyed soul artists with hazel flecks and List of blue-eyed soul artists with green flecks :-) dramatic (talk) 09:01, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Well duh ;) [ roux  ] [ x ] 09:05, 30 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. I get the impression that the editors above think this is a list of soul artists with blue eyes, rather than a list of artists in the genre known as "blue-eyed soul". We have a Blue-eyed soul article about the genre, so the list seems valid. Perhaps some serious reason for deletion could be provided?--Michig (talk) 09:30, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * A serious reason for deletion was provided; I was unaware of the genre. In that case, this list should be a +cat, no? [ roux  ] [ x ] 09:34, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The reasons given were misinformed as has already been stated. blue-eyed soul is a genre of music and blue-eyed soul artists are therefore not merely soul artists who happen to have blue eyes. --neon white talk 12:37, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I meant a reasoned argument for deletion which showed that you had read the article and the Blue-eyed soul article (which is linked to in the first line of this article) before nominating it. No, lists are valid in addition to categories as they can highlight topics for which there is not yet an article.--Michig (talk) 11:33, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * How about you go re-read WP:AGF? I made a mistake. I said right up there "I was unaware of the genre" and suggested that the list would better serve as a category. [ roux  ] [ x ] 12:47, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * How about you read articles before trying to delete them? I didn't assume bad faith, just a lack of thoroughness before trying to get an article deleted. See also the second point in WP:AFD - "Read the article to properly understand its topic." Don't start accusing others of not assuming good faith just because they point out a mistake you've made.--Michig (talk) 13:13, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * What part of me acknowledging my mistake are you not getting? Try treating people just a wee bit nicer, okay? [ roux  ] [ x ] 13:22, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You acknowledged your mistake after I pointed it out (though you don't seem particularly remosrseful), and produced another reason after I asked for a valid reason for deletion, then argued with me for pointing out your mistake and and asking if there is a valid reason for deletion (which I did before you came up with your current reason). It's a shame you haven't shown the good grace to withdraw the nomination.--Michig (talk) 13:41, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Remorse? For making a mistake? You have got to be joking. I made a mistake about the deletion, and suggested that the list would still be better as a category than as an article. It's a shame you don't have the good grace to be polite to someone who has made and acknowledged a freaking mistake. [ roux  ] [ x ] 13:46, 30 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep I would have fallen for this trap if it wasn't for the link. Had no idea such a genre existed. This list gives an additional subdivision by country which could be useful. - Mgm|(talk) 09:56, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 'Trap'? [ roux  ] [ x ] 10:06, 30 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep I don't see a trap, since the referenced article on blue-eyed soul has been around for four years. It wasn't created just to make this look like a legitimate list. Never mind, I missed the point. Keep anyway. —Largo Plazo (talk) 10:09, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Valid topic for a list. Seems like a snowball to me seen as the original reasons for nominated have proven to be mistaken. --neon white talk 12:37, 30 October 2008 (UTC)


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