Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of musical quartets


 * 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. Consensus seems to be that this violates WP:NOTDIRECTORY and is too unmanageable for editing to be a practical solution. I am not salting the title, as the logs indicate that this is the only time an article has been at this title; there is no need for protection at this time. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 19:44, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

List of musical quartets
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There are noted examples of quartets, but this seems to be a bad case of an indiscriminate list. Certain quartets, such as barbershop and string, are indeed notable, but this list is quickly mushrooming into a list of every musical act that's ever had four members. What if they began as a quartet but were reduced? What if they began as a quintet but are now a quartet? Et cetera. We already have a list for the string quartets, which is fine since that one is much more clearly defined. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 20:34, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- 16x9 (talk) 23:48, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete and salt the Wiki-earth beneath it. Textbook listcruft. There's no way this list could ever be properly maintained.  Heck, "List of groups of eight people" is even cited as an example of listcruft - this is exactly the same thing, just with a smaller number. fuzzy510 (talk) 03:34, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: a never ending list. It's too broad in scope. WP:LISTCRUFT, WP:NOTDIRECTORY. JamesBurns (talk) 05:19, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete mostly per above. Wikipedia is not a directory.  The list violates WP:SALAT as being too broad for any managable article.  Lists of (notable) string quartets, barbershop quartets, brass quartets, etc... would be valid articles but a list of musical quartets is too big to be wieldy. Themfromspace (talk) 05:32, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete and pepper. Pepper spray.  JBsupreme (talk) 09:09, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Since the nominator and others agree that lists of string quartets, barbershop quartets, etc are proper then this list can bring them together as a list of lists. Since this option does not seem to have been considered, deletion is premature. Colonel Warden (talk) 10:50, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. The nominator perfectly articulates just how ridiculous such a list this is.   coccyx bloccyx  (toccyx)  18:39, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and edit to address the concerns, which do not require article deletion. At the very least this can be refactored into a suitable list of lists as per Colonel Warden. Since the problems can be solved by editing, deletion policy is that we don't need to delete the article. DHowell (talk) 23:57, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete too broad. Secret account 18:47, 3 March 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.