Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of drum solos


 * 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 delete.  Majorly   (hot!)  20:12, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

List of drum solos

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Absurd list topic. Drum solos are recorded every day. This is indiscriminate info. Pascal.Tesson 13:14, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as indiscriminate collection and directory of non-associated topics. Otto4711 13:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete per nom and ors Thewinchester (talk) 13:42, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per Wikipedia is not a collection of indiscriminate lists. Also, this is completely OR as none of it can be verified.-- Cy ru s      An dir on   15:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per the nominator. Acalamari 18:52, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral: I have no especial objection to the list's deletion, but I should hope that those taking part in this debate are aware of the historical context. This list had been part of an article called "Drum solo". You may wish to go to that article and read in its discussion page the comments pertaining to this list.

I originally considered deleting the list altogether and subsequently decided that separating it would sufficiently improve the "Drum solo" article without frustrating (very much, anyway) those who had collectively put in considerable work to make the list, whatever its worth.

Re: "Wikipedia is not a collection of indiscriminate lists.":

When I clicked on this highlighted phrase, I didn't find quite this proscription. I found instead: "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information....Wikipedia articles are not simply: Lists of Frequently Asked Questions". Whether or not they are discriminate, whether or not they are proper, it so happens that there are quite a few lists (other than "Lists of Frequently Asked Questions") floating about in Wikipedia. TheScotch 09:20, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment A lot of lists are created as a way to escape problems with the main article but this is an undesirable solution. If the content is unfit for the main article because it has no encyclopedic value, spinning it off just pushes the problem somewhere else. Pascal.Tesson 17:42, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Comment: That may be, but, as I pointed out, this particular list was not "created" separately, and there are many more living parasitically inside other articles. Lists seem to be highly favored here, and it is easy to see that this is likely because lists are among the things that can easily be made by committee. It is much more difficult to make by committee a consistent, well-written, and accurate article--and when one, by some miracle, is made, someone inevitably eventually comes along and sabotages it. TheScotch 05:20, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Merge: I find this list interesting but the best idea would be to merge into Drum solo with headings and encyclopedic discussion  such as "Drum solos in rock music" and/or "Musical content of rock drum solos" (i.e. Guitar solo), something like that. Cricket02 12:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


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