Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Beatles' breakup


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The Beatles' breakup
The result was   Keep.  SilkTork  *YES! 23:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC) AfDs for this article: 
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This is a speculative article that reads like a personal essay that is a synthesis of other theories. I think the subject matter is not an encyclopedic topic in itself, and the decision in 2006 to deal with the topic in a sober and factual manner in the main History of The Beatles article seems like the right one. The article invites speculation as there are few facts about the breakup. A simple factual record of the events surrounding the breakup - Lennon leaving the band, McCartney making the announcement - could be made in the appropriate section of the History article.  SilkTork  *YES! 17:22, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Nothing there requires anything other than the usual editing.  There is an extensive literature on the breakup of the Beatles, and this article's assertions seem mostly to be upheld by the sources.  This could not be merged into History of the Beatles without either undue weight or loss of information. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 18:09, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Clearly a notable topic, discussed in depth in every biography of each band member and in most books about the band itself.  Problems with current article content should be fixed by editing, not deletion (although I don't see any such problems). JulesH (talk) 20:58, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Well-sourced, notable topic, and one that is covered too much in-depth to be rolled into the main article. The article can invite speculation all it likes -- we don't care about anything but what's on the page and any such speculation will be deleted unless sourced, anyway, so that's an irrelevant issue. 23skidoo (talk) 23:41, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Well-researched, well-written. No problems at all. Ecoleetage (talk) 04:59, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep This only needs more references, (it has 26 so far) but as it is an oft-discussed topic, it dearly needs a page on Wikipedia.--andreasegde (talk) 21:22, 18 December 2008 (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.