Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people compared to Bob Dylan


 * 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 of the debate was delete slight merge and redirect to Bob Dylan, as per the last comment. Johnleemk | Talk 14:49, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

List_of_people_compared_to_Bob_Dylan
Comparisons don't necessarily mean anything. Just because someone is compared to someone else, does not necessarily make them as good as that artist. Comparisons are even more pointless when it's with another great musician. Are we going to put an article comparing the Beatles to the Stones? No. They're both good, similar in some ways, different in others. Imagine if we compiled a list of musicians compared to the Beatles. That would be every post-1970 band in existence!Darkhawk 22:16, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete POV and stupid. Chairman S.  Talk  22:19, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom.    Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk  23:31, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete I think everyone would qualify, right? Might as well merge with Catagory:Living Persons. TKE 00:06, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as inherently POV and.... unworkable. --Lockley 01:00, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Verifiable and potentially useful information.  Wikipedia is not paper.   dbtfz talk 02:18, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Commment I do understand per verification this could be a good list. However, my reservation is that it would take constant watching as for contributions everyday to people compaired to Dylan.  There'd be an edit war over Conor Oberst alone.  I think it invites trolling and doesn't make up for that in content.  T K E  04:45, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Possible trolling is not valid reason for deletion. We have thousands vandalized lists to watch. Every day I revert a dozen of "days of birth" in year articles. `' mikka (t) 18:00, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * All articles require constant watching. That's what watchlists are for. &mdash; 0918 BRIAN &bull; 2006-03-31 01:44
 * Yes, you are both correct. I've been thinking about this, so to clarify my position.  I think this is one case where Wikipedia is Not Paper might not apply.  I would much rather leave such lists up to expert music critics. Don't get me wrong, I'm ready to watch the page; but for someone to cite such a claim in a paper or akin should come from a reputable music source such as Billboard, Rolling Stone et. cet. By all means keep if that's the concensus, this is more of a future reference for myself kinda thing.  T   K   E  05:18, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, inherent POV and just silly.   Proto    ||    type    10:44, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Verifiable. Rename into a more exact title. Anyone may be compared to Bob Dylan. But the point of the article is to list people who were declared kind of "version" of Dylan. My poor English does not allow me to find a good term. Kind of List of people likened to Bob Dylan, meaning not simply "compared" but sort of "identified with". `' mikka (t) 17:52, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I boldly moved the page to the title Mikka suggested, which I think is quite apt.  dbtfz talk 02:56, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't think twice, it's all Keep per Mikka who's utterings are always positively Dylanesque in their contours of meaning. Peel this list back and you get Dylan version internationale. What's not to like about that? It's also nice to know that at 60 plus, Dylan still carries some weight in an age of rap and Britney. On a side note, I think that both the nom's ideas for future lists are excellent. -- JJay 01:22, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. —P199 15:54, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep: interesting list on a notable concept. Interestingstuffadder 15:31, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
 * If you delete this, which is reasonable, please someone add the introductory comment to the main Dylan article, listing some key people who have been compared to him (Kristofferson, Costello, etc.). I found this very useful, and it gives me further people whose music I can check out, since I haven't discovered much of the likes of the Bobfather. The Mad Echidna 21:53, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * sofixit :p Johnleemk | Talk 14:50, 5 April 2006 (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.