Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/X Tour (Ed Sheeran tour)


 * 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 no consensus. slakr \ talk / 22:54, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

X Tour (Ed Sheeran tour)

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I prodded it with the following rationale: "The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing General notability guideline and the more detailed WP:NCONCERT TOUR requirement. " It was deprodded by User:AGoodDoctor (creator) with the following rationale "There is loads of information about this tour, however, time just needs to be put in ensuring the range of setlists are uploaded, as well as reviews, which are all on the internet, are put into this article". Well, I am not seeing any reliable sources. Blogs, facebook, niche music sites selling tickets or merchandise, fansite, etc. - those exit, sure. But we need to show more reliable coverage. Not every tour of every band is notable, and it is high time to start pruning the fancruft minor band tour listings that are being spammed here. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 04:09, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Snow keep - no, not every tour is notable, but nearly completely sold out 179-city world tours featuring one of the top-selling musicians of the past few years are notable. Hmmm, at least I think. Having to add a third show at Wembley Stadium because the first two sell out is probably fancruft minor band tour stuff :-) Google News search: Ed Sheeran + tour + sold out —Мандичка YO 😜 08:49, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * You don't get to snow with the first comment :P And I am afraid your search is incorrect; you just search for his tours in general. The correct search changes "tour" to "x tour", and shows much fewer hits. I see some that discuss the concert in passing, but only one reliable, on-topic article: mtv.com entry - and that is quite brief. If you disagree, please list better sources here, and discuss their reliability, and extent of their coverage. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 01:31, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I can snow keep with a first comment because there is no way this is being deleted. I'm not even an Ed Sheeran fan in particular and I recognize when a tour meets GNG. No, the correct search does not have to be "x tour" because many articles will not refer to the tour by that name; it's just "tour" as in his current tour, as in the tour he's been on since last year, as in the tour he's doing to support his current album. Since there's only ever been one other Ed Sheeran tour, that search term will likely bring up relevant articles. Also the tour is also referred to as the Multiply tour (since that is how they pronounce the X). I'm not going to waste time looking for refs on this unless there becomes an actual chance this article will be deleted. —Мандичка YO 😜 10:33, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Bottom line you have failed to provide a single reliable source. Just saying "Google is full of them" is worthless, because my Google is clearly different from yours. Unless you provide sources for us to discuss, all I see is WP:ITSOBVIOUS-type of an argument. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 08:03, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
 * If this article is in any jeopardy of actually being deleted (ie other editors support deletion), I will take the time to research sources. —Мандичка YO 😜 13:06, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete - This essentially an ADVERT for a world tour promoting an album. Possibly merge (as a few sentences) to the article on the album with a link to a website listing the events.  The promoter will ensure that is kept up to date, but we cannot be sure that this article will be.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:46, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Neutral comment Unless you're on the fossil county fair circuit, aren't all concert tours pretty much road shows advertising albums? And I would assume it's Ed's fanbase, not his promo team whose keeping this article up to date.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 23:02, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kraxler (talk) 18:06, 9 June 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 03:11, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - Notable tour by a notable artist. Article can be updated with better references if necessary. Andise1 (talk) 05:43, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is necessary. Please find said better references first, then vote. Because nobody found such references so far. And without it, your post is just WP:ITSNOTABLE invalid-type of a vote. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:17, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep this tour includes three sold out Wembley Stadium shows. Relevant enough.  ×º°”˜ `”°º× ηυηzια  ×º°”˜ `”°º×  20:05, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Seems to be an advert of the tour. Never even heard of the fellow.  Heyyouoverthere (talk) 00:53, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - I just added the just-announced news that a documentary concert film will be filmed at London's Wembley Stadium during this tour, making this tour notable enough for more than just the live musical performances.


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