Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground era of Christian metal


 * 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   Keep, since it's long, referenced and few want it gone. Gwen Gale (talk) 15:30, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Underground era of Christian metal

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This seems to be original research- a fork attempting to show that Christian metal bands come from lots of different genres, something that can easily be said on the main article and does not need an article to itself. The whole thing appears to be an essay listing bands from various metal genres that incorporate Christian imagery. It's well referenced, but that's because it is fairly easy to find a reference for 'X is a xxxxxx metal band' and 'X uses Christian imagery'. I may be wrong about this- perhaps this does warrant an article (or perhaps a slight rewrite and renaming may be in order) but this article seems to only cover ground that is already covered at Christian metal and Christianity in mainstream metal. J Milburn (talk) 14:21, 22 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment I believe the reason this fork exist is because the main Christian metal article is already very long. I would not call it original research when it contains over 70 citations though. I do feel that the name of the article is rather awkward so perhaps it should be renamed if it is kept. --Bardin (talk) 17:08, 22 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Merge Yes, this article was split from Christian metal because the main article was too long. The split was done when the main article was nominated for Featured Article status but other editors kept complaining about the length, so I wrote a short summary on the main article back then. I think the Christian metal article will never become a featured article, so this article might as well be merged back to Christian metal. --Azure Shrieker (talk) 08:03, 23 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep Keep or Merge Don't delete. That's the LAST thing you should do. This article was created because the main article was too long for Wikipedia's standards - and for the reason Azure stated above. Deleting it would be senseless. Either keep it or merge it. ¤IrønCrøw¤ (Speak to Me) 03:56, 24 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 23:50, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge The title might be OR though - perhaps should be changed. Why on earth is this on my watchlist? Johnbod (talk) 03:17, 25 May 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.