Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of outsider musicians


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The result was delete. Sr13 02:50, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

List of outsider musicians

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Fails WP:LIST as a category can do the job. Lots of precedent is found at Articles for deletion/List of nu metal musical groups, Articles for deletion/List of melodic death metal bands and Articles for deletion/List of grindcore bands. Punkmorten 10:01, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, how do you qualify to be an "outsider musician". Criteria for inclusion are much too vague.  Lankiveil 12:38, 27 July 2007 (UTC).
 * Delete as the criteria for inclusion are anything but clear. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 13:18, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The criteria for inclusion is right there at the top: this is "a list of musicians whose Wikipedia articles describe them as creators of outsider music." I think that's fairly clear.  This moves the "burden of proof" to the musician's WP article, where it can be well-cited, etc. Doctormatt 18:17, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Hopelessly vague, almost a borderline attack on some of those listed: Why is a respected indie musician like Jad Fair and a technical pioneer like Joe Meek lumped in with legendarily-awful never-wases like The Shaggs? I could almost see this being a real article if there were clear, unambiguous, provable criteria, e.g.: Passes WP:MUSIC but never signed to any label or appeared on any charting recording or similar.  Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  18:24, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Loose criteria for inclusion.  Replace with category if inclusion to genre is proven Corpx 19:34, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


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