Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/List of pop punk bands

Discussion: Wikipedia List Precedence
Dear fellow wikipedians & fellow WikiProject Punk music participants. This is a space to discuss the uses of list (and categories) as Wikipedia has developed. We can use List guideline and Categories vs lists as reference points. Since the discussion has been initiated to turn this page into a category page, I am proposing that we wait a week (8/9/06?) to sort out some new developments. The Pop punk article will be merged with Pop punk (revival) as decided in a discussion amongst 15 users Talk:Pop punk (revival), go check it out and add your comments too. If we can have a good talk about the utility of list and categories and come to some mutual understandings i think we'll be able to all get our points across. Instead of thinking category OR list we can have both, however it is true that we need to have a better understanding of the function of the list, and maintain it better. That said, lets use the space below to talk about Wikipedias list guidelines. We can also nuture the related categories such as and. Xsxex 17:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Anyone know why the the categories wont appear in the paragraph, how do you link to a category? lets solve that problem too. (for now the links are at the bottom of the page, scroll down) Xsxex 17:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Delete?

 * please consider the following point in the article's discussion section: Talk:List of pop punk bands, Thanks Xsxex 17:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi. Its me again. Well this article has been here for a while since the AfD decision. The Category: Pop punk groups is pretty reflective, but not competely reflective of this list. Of course the Category doesnt assist in dividing the bands by dates or provide a list of independent pop punk bands. But, as it seems, this list will be deleted at some point. One thing that is going to be a problem though, is when people start vandalizing the pop punk article with more band names. Thats the good thing about this list. It receives the vandalism and the pop punk article is spared a bit. I do now understand the importance and utility of Categories, but in the meantime, I would rather have this list than more vandalism on the pop punk article. The list might seem to be arbitrary, but its acting as a buffer and it also can be a reminder that wikipedia needs to figure out new ways to sort and represent information. Xsxex 15:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)