Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Casablanca Years


 * 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   merge to Cher albums discography. Cirt (talk) 16:16, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

The Casablanca Years

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Non notable compilation. Kekkomereq4 (talk) 20:19, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Question - we have the review from AllMusic which I'm quite sure is one piece of the notability question. But how many more reliable sources are needed? I can't find anything else on this quickie compilation beyond various music retailing or downloading sites. With just that one review I would vote Delete but consider this to be a procedural question for now.  D OOMSDAYER 520  (Talk|Contribs) 01:40, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 18:08, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Cher is unquestionably a notable artist.  If her bio article were to have all the worthwhile and properly sourced information about her, however, it would be far too long.  Therefore, the editors of the article have properly used summary style.  The main article links to a daughter article concerning Cher albums discography, and that article links to articles about particular albums.  It's an excellent way to make available a rich level of detail about Cher (which some readers would want) without surrendering to clutter that would impair Wikipedia's value for readers who want less detail. JamesMLane t c 08:53, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions.  —  Gongshow  Talk 18:28, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep this is something of a gray area: compilations by notable artists are generally notable, while reissues of old albums tend not to get ther own articles (though rare exceptions do exist). This is a strange case where the same set of tracks has been released both as a reissue and a compilation.  It seems wisest to give it the benefit of the doubt rather than create a whole in a solid discography.  It certainly isn't a bad article either. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  01:56, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete I see no gray area here. What we have are two reissued albums tossed into one shopping bag. The 1994 release didn't pretend it was anything else, juxtaposing the names ("Take Me Home/Prisoner") and covers of the original albums. Both original albums already have articles; is there something more to say about this chimera? Reviewers say "No", which is why there is not significant coverage of this product. Yappy2bhere (talk) 02:15, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I see now that the entire review and the tracklist that followed it have been copied verbatim into the article. That's sure to end badly. Yappy2bhere (talk) 02:20, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 06:39, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete or Redirect to Cher albums discography; it's a compliation of two albums listed there. Abductive  (reasoning) 07:15, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge The lack of significant independent reviews that state more than "This is a compilation ...." suggest that this album is not notable enough in its own right to justify its own page, however there is valuable information about the work i.e release dates & cover pics that should appear either in the listings for Take me home, Prisoner, the album discography or all three. Mighty Antar (talk) 15:40, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect Just because an artist is notable, doesn't mean every release is Alan  -  talk  23:50, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge and targeted redirect to Cher albums discography, so that information might be WP:PRESERVED walk victor falktalk 02:57, 4 February 2010 (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.