Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History Book

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The result was delete. That being said, I will individually create redirects to Pentangle as Mr Stradivarius raises a very solid point. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:54, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

History Book

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The band Pentangle has no less than 18 compilation albums that have been released since the band's breakup. Pentangle didn't have a particularly large output, so these albums tend to have similar track lists, with songs like "Once I Had a Sweetheart" and "Pentangling" appearing on nearly all of these compilations. Some of them are no more than reissues of earlier compilations under a different name. None achieved any notable sales, recognition, or anything else that would qualify them under WP: NALBUMS, as they are essentially just cash-ins on the band's fan base. I'm not sure what could have motivated the creation of articles for nearly all of these compilations, save a misconception that Wikipedia is supposed to serve as a discography of sorts, but none of them have significant info beyond each release's copyright year and track list, despite having been on WP for over five years. A Pentangle discography article could hold this info just as easily. At any rate, upkeeping individual articles for every single Pentangle compilation strikes me as ludicrously overkill. NukeofEarl (talk) 17:53, 23 August 2012 (UTC) I am nominating all the Pentangle compilation articles as a group. Here are the others:[reply]

--NukeofEarl (talk) 18:23, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:43, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete All - It's ridiculous that we have 18 different articles just to cover the compilation releases of any one musical artist, much less one that doesn't even have a "Pentangle discography" article. The few references which appear in the articles are just there to cite the respective album's catalogue number. As the nominator points out, this information would be much better suited to a discography article for the band, which would be much more convenient for WP readers.--Martin IIIa (talk) 19:59, 26 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge all to Pentangle discography; none of these are notable on their own, but would just pass if grouped in a single article. —JmaJeremy ✆✎ 00:09, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete all - per WP:GNG. The numerous stand alone articles appear to have been posted without concern of first sourcing the information to relialbe sources. WP:NOTGUIDE seems to apply in that element of the compilation need to be significant in their own right to be included in an article. A concise summary is appropriate if it is essential to understanding the compilation or its significance in the industry. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:36, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete All - As stated, none of these individual albums pass the GNG. Creating a new Pentangle Discography article to merge the album lists to would be largely pointless, as a Discography section (with each of these albums already listed) already exists at the band's own article, and that article is not so large that a split would be needed. Rorshacma (talk) 17:37, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect all to Pentangle (band)#Discography. This seems to be a textbook case of WP:NALBUM - "Album articles with little more than a track listing may be more appropriately merged into the artist's main article or discography article, space permitting." (And there doesn't seem to be much space in the band article.) The pages would be useful redirects, keeping them as redirects will help prevent them from being recreated, and keeping the edit history will make it much easier for any editors who might like to try their hand at writing a discography article. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 00:12, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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