Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of highest paid musicians in 2008


 * 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. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 20:00, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

List of highest paid musicians in 2008

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This article currently serves as a WP:COATRACK for two editors who are really into Sofia Rotaru, and who have gone to battle on multiple pages for her. Furthermore, the article is largely a synthesis of sources to prove their point about her. I can't find any other articles out there that are 'List of highest paid musicians in year', either. &mdash;  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:15, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * keep for a while Regardless the WP:COATRACK, the content is encyclopaedic Rirunmot (talk) 16:32, 23 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete The synthesis issue is a big one, in my mind. You can see it blatantly in that the article lists the top 10 (as "sourced" from Forbes' top 5 and a blog), and then simply plugs Rotaru into the second place slot based on the two non-English sources, leaving a list of the top 11 earners (11 isn't exactly a standard measure, not outside Spinal Tap).  As for WP:COATRACK, given the top #11 count and lack of any inline citations, sufficient, non-synthesized references, and non-English sources, I think it's a valid argument.  I'd have to disagree with you, Rirunmot, I don't see what makes it encyclopedic.  I don't think it's notable, and it's on shaky ground as far as verifiability goes, even aside from usage as a coat rack. ~ Amory ( user  •  talk  •  contribs ) 17:37, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 17:40, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 17:40, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - no sources available. In the External links, there are two articles that talk about Sofia Rotaru, one Forbes article for the "world's best-paid music stars" from 2007-06-01 to 2008-06-01 (not from 2008), and one unsourced blog post that utterly fails WP:RS. Consequently, none of the external links can be used as sources for this list. Additionally, my cursory google search turned up nothing that isn't a duplicate of the latter two sources, or irrelevant. Even ignoring the COATRACK and SYN issues, this article is unsourceable. -kotra (talk) 18:08, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete – for poor sourcing and the WP:COATRACK concerns. --Jaan Pärn (talk) 09:40, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fundamentally fails several provisions of WP:NOT policy. DreamGuy (talk) 14:34, 26 June 2009 (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.