Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of death metal bands, !–K


 * 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. postdlf (talk) 14:23, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

List of death metal bands, !–K

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The way this list is set up, as a purely alphabetical listing of notable bands with no additional information, makes it entirely redundant to Category:Death metal musical groups. Retaining it adds nothing to the encyclopedia and creates maintenance overhead.  Sandstein  12:36, 21 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Sandstein I assume has not read the long-standing guideline which clearly says that you can't delete a list just because there is also a category. For me this is a clear keep. Also lists do not have a maintenance overhead because that is like saying the encyclopedia has a maintenance overhead, it's a moot point. Ilyina Olya Yakovna (talk) 13:09, 21 January 2018 (UTC) (edited per below)


 * Snow keep Categories, lists, and navigation templates is a guidline, not a policy, but it is a long-standing principle that lists and categories serve different functions - we don't delete lists just because they overlap with a category, and vice-versa. None of the rationale provided by User:Sandstein is among the valid reasons for deletion listed on the deletion policy page.--3family6 (Talk to me &#124; See what I have done ) 13:22, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. My preference is to keep and expand it with more details, e.g. country of origin, years active. --Michig (talk) 15:06, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 16:12, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 16:13, 21 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:CLN. Lists go hand-in-hand with categories, etc and futhermore, this is one of the rare lists that seems to be a) fully sourced and b) contains nothing but blue links.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 17:33, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:CLN. In my opinion, they could all be merged in one list instead of two split. Ajf773 (talk) 17:44, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:CLN Agree with merge into one article.  Some people push for splitting articles just based on size, rather than logic. Trackinfo (talk) 06:43, 27 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep all per WP:NOTDUP. Also keep as per WP:LISTPURP as a valuable navigational aid. For example, see statistics below, which denote how List of death metal bands, !–K functions as such, compared to the category page, which has meager page views. Deletion would simply make it more difficult for users to find information. North America1000 08:19, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * List of death metal bands, !–K – 6,423 page views in the last thirty days
 * Category:Death metal musical groups – 46 page views in the last thirty days


 * 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.