Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of contemporary classical ensembles


 * 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 Keep -- Mostly Rainy 07:02, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

List of contemporary classical ensembles
Namrevlis 03:45, 17 May 2006 (UTC) I have proposed deletion of this page for two reasons. 1.) It is simply a listing page, the topic of which would be better as a category, and 2). Many of its entries are links to unrelated subjects or are dead links.


 * Strong Keep Lists and categories serve different functions. Lists are important because they can hold "dead links", unlike categories. I've removed the links which were mis-directs. This list is on a subject which is list-worthy as well, as such an important genre should have a list to itself. Mak (talk)  05:06, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep This looks pretty worth keeping.--Dakart 05:57, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Mak. I've reinstated the links which were mis-directs, for the sake of completeness, but they're not mis-directs anymore. TheMadBaron 12:14, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Ensure all members of list are in Category:Contemporary Classical Music (or a subcategory for groups?) then Delete. Kudos to User:TheMadBaron for cleaning it up, but per nom this would be more suitable as a category rather than a list. Paddles 13:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete this is what categories are for. Just zis Guy you know? 15:53, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Mak, who said everything I would have said. -- JJay 20:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep – if and when a suitable category is created and populated, reconsider (although even then it may still be useful) – Gurch 21:36, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment The category exists at Category:Contemporary classical music ensembles (darned capitalisation). However, I'd just like to reiterate that it's important to have lists because, at the moment, the category trees are a mess, and Lists are important in areas which are not complete, in order to give good ideas of new articles which are needed. Although a lot of good work has been done in classical music by a few good editors, it still is far from complete. I don't think the time for lists has passed, they just need good stewards. Mak (talk)  22:59, 17 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. This one is actually useful. Perhaps an extended introduction could be written to render this more than just a copy of a category. 23skidoo 15:16, 18 May 2006 (UTC)


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