Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of popular music performers

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Note that Sdedeo actually says to delete. -Splash 22:12, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

List of popular music performers
Far too broad of a list of musicians. What determines them as popular? Andros 1337 19:23, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * See popular music. Delete, however, because such a list is absurdly useless.  Future voters, please keep in mind the distinction between pop music (i.e. catchy, mainstream bestselling music) and popular music (i.e. not folk, not classical; does include everything from avant-garde jazz to hardcore punk, death metal and folk-rock). Tuf-Kat 20:02, September 4, 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete. That article is bound to have a heavy Anglo-American bias. Listcruft. Punkmorten 20:19, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to "List of popular popular music performers in the Anglophone world", then delete for lack of reasonable criteria for inclusion. Sdedeo 20:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to List of performers of popular music or List of popular performers of music, whichever is applicable. Kappa 23:33, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Neither is applicable. The first is essentially no change in meaning, and the list would still be absurdly long.  The second would be a completely different list. Tuf-Kat 00:19, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * If the first is no change in meaning, it's applicable, and it should be moved there. Long lists can be divided by country, or era, or sub-genre, or alphabetically. Kappa 17:07, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as unmaintainable and too broad. Anyone who manages to sell a couple hundred CDs could call themselves popular. Needs a much more strict criteria for listing. 23skidoo 00:21, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per 23skidoo. Quale 18:18, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Add criteria if you must, but this article does no one any harm, and I'm starting to get tired of editors whose attitude seems to be "If I can't get my way, then I'm listing this on VfD, or calling it a copyvio, or whatever..." Atlant 16:59, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per 23skidoo. ManoaChild 20:59, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
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