Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Spectrum of Finite Scale

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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure) Winged Blades^Godric 05:20, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A Spectrum of Finite Scale

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A case where rarity does not necessarily equal notability. The album had this one review [1] but not much else except brief mentions in articles about other albums. It was self-released and limited to 1,000 copies so it had almost no chance to chart. Note to voters: Do not confuse this album with the identically titled A Spectrum of Infinite Scale, released a year earlier. TheGracefulSlick (talk) 05:30, 24 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist ^{(Speak quickly)} _{(Follow my trail)} 08:29, 24 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist ^{(Speak quickly)} _{(Follow my trail)} 08:29, 24 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 01:39, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. As noted in WP:OSE, it serves no encyclopedic purpose to remove a single item from an otherwise comprehensive list of similar items, absent content that contravenes policy. An encyclopedia should be encyclopedic. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by many administrators since 2006. (talk) 21:02, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hullaballoo Wolfowitz how did you come to such an unusual conclusion? This is not a part of a comprehensive list of items. In fact, this is a rare album that is not in-line with the group's other studio albums. There are plenty of acts that have some notable recordings with pages and some unnotable recordings without pages; this case should be the latter. Look at this subject individually, as you should be doing, and you'll see it clearly fails WP:GNG and WP:NMUSIC.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 23:16, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And how did you come to the unusual conclusion that there is something "unusual" about the straightforward application of a settled principle? WP:OSE says rather plainly that "In categories of items with a finite number of entries where most are notable, it serves no useful purpose to endlessly argue over the notability of a minority of these items"; punching holes in such a comprehensive set of listings does not serve "the purpose of Wikipedia being a comprehensive reference". Here, it is simple to look at the discography listing in the band's article and see that all but the band's most recent album (not to mention dozens of its singles) have individual articles. In this context, reasonable users of the encyclopedia would expect that articles in all the albums should (ultimately) be available, and doing otherwise fetishizes what is supposed to be a flexible internal guideline at the expense of value to people who expect Wikipedia to be an encyclopedia. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by many administrators since 2006. (talk) 00:21, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:25, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:31, 10 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Could it be redirected/merged?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, So Why 07:37, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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.