Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of soft rock artists and songs

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 speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator without any delete !votes. Renaming and/or splitting can be done through the normal editing process. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:01, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

List of soft rock artists and songs

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Arbitrarily constructed list consisting at best of synthesis of 3rd party sources. Not clear if this is to be a list of notable songs or notable artists and how notability or list membership is to be determined. Unmaintainable list. Prod'd, 2nd'd and then contested. RadioFan (talk) 01:28, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:13, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:13, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

• The list could be fixed into a standard notable musicians by genre list (i.e., a complete index of all articles we have on "soft rock" musicians), but I wonder if soft rock is such an overbroad catch-all that it wouldn't be a very useful list. Category:Soft rock music groups doesn't look like it's been used that much. postdlf (talk) 03:05, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
• Keep - The list is currently being worked on for the backing up of reliable sources - all artists and songs are notable because every entry has an article on Wikipedia, and if there are lists of nearly every other music genre including subgenres on Category:Lists of musicians by genre, then I don't see why a list of soft rock musicians can't be included. Such a list would also be a source of very helpful and useful information to many. Hiddenstranger (talk) 03:35, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Comment I see you are the creator of this article. The primary problem here seems to be confusion over the construction of this list, your !vote above doesn't help clear up that confusion. Is your !vote to keep the list as it is or rename and refocus it onto a list of notable soft rock musicians?--RadioFan (talk) 12:00, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Comment As suggested by Colapeninsula, renaming it to List of soft rock artists would be more appropriate and I cleaned up the opening section to avoid any confusion, as well as removing artists whose main genre of music is not soft rock, to coincide with the new opening section. Hiddenstranger (talk) 14:13, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

• Comment. What Postdlf said. It's not clear this list has any firm grasp on what was considered to be "soft rock". I mean, Neil Young? Rickie Lee Jones? Steely Dan? Van Morrison, for Chrissakes? --Arxiloxos (talk) 05:54, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
• Comment The list of requirements is hilarious with the inclusions and exclusions - if the requirements have to specifically include one Carpenters song it strongly suggests confusion. Having said that, soft rock is recognised as a genre with a Wikipedia article that describes it quite well, so it may be possible to save it by editing: while that possibility exists it shouldn't be deleted. A rename to list of soft rock artists would seem to fit in better with WP policies (and songs could still be listed with artists). --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:11, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
• Withdrawn with the new focus given the article and changes made by Hiddenstranger (excellent work by the way), my concerns have been addressed. Perhaps another editor can close this discussion so the article can be moved to its new title.--RadioFan (talk) 16:19, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
• Split into "List of soft rock artists" and "List of soft rock songs" Keep both since lots of people seem to prefer a list over a category, even though when you click on a category it should give you the same list. Kitfoxxe (talk) 20:34, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

• Keep per WP:HEY and also because the nominator has withdrawn the nomination per significant improvements to the article. Sourcing in the article to verify content has been significantly improved since the time of the nomination. Northamerica1000^(talk) 09:37, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

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