Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Music artist (occupation)


 * 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 and redirect to Musician. Mkdw  talk 21:49, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Music artist (occupation)

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

Redirect to musician. I find myself profoundly unclear on why this concept would need a separate article from the existing one. While I'll grant that not all musicians actually make recordings per se, the distinction between "musician who records" and "musician who does not record" is not in and of itself a strong basis for separate articles -- this article as written tilts just a little bit too much in the direction of an outright WP:NOTHOWTO violation (what are performance rights? why do you need a manager?), and once all that stuff is pruned back what's actually left could quite frankly be dispatched with one brief subsection in "musician" itself. And the referencing here isn't incredibly strong, either, as it consists almost entirely of "how to make it in the music business" guides that don't adequately support a strong distinction between "musician" and "musical artist" either. There's just no particular reason to treat this as a separate standalone article topic — and even if there were, its correct title would be recording artist, not music artist. Bearcat (talk) 22:46, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. It is a hairsplitting idea for an article that is very much a redundancy for the term "musician".Knox490 (talk) 23:01, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:45, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:18, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. There's nothing in this article which isn't said (and better) in the "musician" article, so no need to even worry about a redirect. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 07:55, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to musician. I agree that the potential useful content (and the topic in general) is insufficiently distinct to warrant a separate article.  There's no harm in leaving the content in the history in case any editor wishes to merge content into musician.  Deli nk (talk) 14:00, 25 April 2017 (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.