Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of industrial metal musical groups


 * 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. Secret account 00:53, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

List of industrial metal musical groups

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The list has no refs and it's easily replaceable with Category:Industrial metal musical groups. Funeral 15:29, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Delete For exactly the reasons stated by Funeral. -Verdatum 15:49, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You mean support as in delete? --Blanchardb- Me  MyEarsMyMouth-timed 17:08, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * So edited, brain fart. -Verdatum 21:22, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - per nom. --Yankees76 16:40, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Nothing in that article that a category wouldn't provide. --Blanchardb- Me  MyEarsMyMouth-timed 17:09, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Doesn't really need to be ref'd, as the articles will contain the references. Yes, as it stands all the articles can fit into a category, so I assume every member of Category:Lists of metal bands will also be up for deletion? Lugnuts 20:15, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - There's already a cat for industrial metal groups. Don't you think a category serves better than a worthless list? This list is just an example of WP:LC. Funeral 20:25, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment That's a good question. What purpose do any of the articles within Category:Lists of metal bands serve?  Each of them would be better served as a category.  I clicked on three at random, and none provided any more information for their lists than does this page. (beyond nation of origin and the sparce reference to allmusic's classification) -Verdatum 21:28, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Reply to Lugnuts: No. Just the list itself. --Blanchardb- Me  MyEarsMyMouth-timed 18:00, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep This list can be referenced and sourced from All Music Guide which could thus provide references for the category as well. DHowell 21:14, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Reply Why not reference the allmusic guide in the band's article itself, and then use categories the same as other articles? Isn't failure to do so a needless duplication of information? -Verdatum (talk) 22:18, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Categories are on Wikipedia for a reason. They're much easier to maintain than lists! Scar ian  Talk  09:35, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Seal Clubber (talk) 18:13, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, useful and more informative listing. A list offers so much more options than a simple category could ever provide. While a category is good simply for listing them, list articles go several steps further and offer different ways they can be listed. Some examples are on the very page that was afd'd and a few on some other lists, they are: adding their location by flag, if they are/were one of the original bands of the genre they will be indicated, if they played the style early, mid or later on, a list of albums by the bands that are within the genre and also not in the genre but has made a notable release of the genre and also bands that at some point in time played the style. --CircafuciX (talk) 19:55, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete content covered perfectly well by a category. Fair Deal (talk) 14:11, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete-use a category. Peter Fleet (talk) 09:41, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep All this list needs is sources. Then it would be even more useful than it already is. Wikipedia readers tend to check the lists more often than categories anyway from what I've heard.--Azure Shrieker (talk) 15:45, 7 December 2007 (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.