Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of video game musicians


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The result was keep. Per WP:SNOW. Clear consensus that the list should be kept. (non-admin closure) Jovanmilic97 (talk) 18:00, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

List of video game musicians

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Large WP:INDISCRIMINATE list that is better served as a category. There is no similar film composer list that would at least give this precedence. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 05:32, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Per WP:NOTDUP, "better served as a category" is not a valid argument. None of the bullet points at WP:INDISCRIMINATE appear to apply here and it's apparently not indiscriminate either because it clearly only lists musicians that are a) notable enough to have their own article and b) made video game music. Additionally, with the list people can easily see why a certain musician is notable and which games they worked on, something a category can't offer. Last but not least, List of film score composers does actually exist. Regards So  Why  08:58, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - Clearly not indiscriminate. Passes NLIST. Even if stripped down to the basics (which I'm not advocating for), it's a perfectly reasonable navigational list. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 14:11, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Rework - I do not believe the list breaks any policies, but I also do not think it serves any purpose in its current state. It does not provide the reader any information nor does it aid in navigation. I think these faults are primarily because there is a large scope of anyone that has worked on video game music, and there are no helpful characteristics to sort by (nationalities, birth/death date, employer). My suggestion: Retitle the article "List of notable video game composers", reduce scope to composers with their own articles (no sound programmers etc.), and include the sortable characteristics I mentioned which would make the list useful. TarkusAB talk 16:47, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. (Also "There is no similar film composer list" is just WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS) JOE BRO  64  19:06, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep I do see a bit of a notability issue with some of the names listed here, I've prodded one and AfD'ed another, however I feel this list should work. Nothing wrong with having a category also. Govvy (talk) 23:47, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Tightly enough defined list of notable topics. Already goes beyond what a category provides and has clear scope for improvement. --Michig (talk) 12:25, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep there are a lot of useless lists on Wikipedia, this is not one of them. Criteria for inclusion is clearly stated and appears to be well adhered to. List entries meet notability guidelines and the list rises above the level of a category.MadeYourReadThis (talk) 14:55, 17 January 2019 (UTC)


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