Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sumerian Records discography

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. No consensus to merge, but definitely no consensus to delete. Merging can be discussed off-AFD. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 22:30, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Sumerian Records discography

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Wikipedia is not a WP:DIRECTORY of a record label's entire catalog of releases. Categories already exist for stuff like this, for example Category:Sumerian Records singles and Category:Sumerian Records albums. The general standard is that these categories should be populated rather than the entire album/EP back catalog be linked from a discography article. Many of the listed albums are non-notable redlinks. Jalen D. Folf (talk) 04:00, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 04:12, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 04:12, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

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• Delete per nom Spiderone 09:00, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
• Keep, nomination is contra WP:NOTDUP without even acknowledging it, let alone giving a compelling reason why that guideline should not apply here. If it is proper to categorize articles on recordings by record label, then it is proper to index the same information on those articles in lists (and the intro to NOTDIR clearly supports that point). The lists also can obviously be annotated in ways that the categories (which have nothing more than naked article links) cannot. Whether the list should or shouldn't contain nonnotable recordings is not relevant to deletion, but rather a matter for ordinary editing and talk page consensus to address. postdlf (talk) 15:43, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jovanmilic97 (talk) 10:29, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

• Merge with Sumerian Records. Vorbee (talk) 16:52, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:06, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

• I agree both postdlf and Vorbee, but I have a third alternative - Merge the content into pages for the respective artists. Foxnpichu (talk) 10:51, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
• Keep Info is very factual and good for the records. Merging with the main page is also good.Mgbo120 (talk) 20:38, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
• Keep - This is not a directory, it is a discography, and entirely different concept than a directory. It contains information that categories are not at all able to duplicate or accommodate. If the Sumerian Records were at all halfway decent, it would also hinder the readability of the page. Because of the main article condition merging wouldn't be horrible, but it would be preferable to keep separate. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:57, 24 January 2019 (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.