Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Biggest-selling female musician

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The result of the debate was keep. -- BD2412 ^talk 00:31, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Biggest-selling female musician

• Delete This is just an edit war, or something worse, pretending to be an article. Ben-w 6 July 2005 06:37 (UTC)
• Keep, already was on VFD see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Best selling Female artist - Vorash 6 July 2005 06:59 (UTC)
• Keep An informative and interesting article with potential. Valid arguments are given for each artist. J2rome 6 July 2005 07:25 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Interesting topic. JamesBurns 6 July 2005 07:31 (UTC)
• Delete: Edit war disguised as an article. Google test for the phrase "biggest selling female musician" receives a grand whopping total of 54, relegating this to the status of non-notable topic. Atheistrabbi 6 July 2005 18:12 (UTC)
• Keep Rightly or wrongly, people care about this, and having this article keeps the arguments out of the main artists' articles. Google test is misleading because the notion can be expressed in many different phrases. Wasted Time R 6 July 2005 20:02 (UTC)
• Keep, notable topic. Kappa 6 July 2005 20:09 (UTC)
• Keep a decent article. CalJW 6 July 2005 20:14 (UTC)
• Keep. I agree this is an edit war, but its an interesting article. I will not fight with anyone anymore about this article as it is getting us nowhere, plus this back and forth thing is making me sick. We all need to research more so we can expand and/or clean up the article and ensure that it conforms to a higher standard. No data is to be used unless a credible and valid source can be provided.Journalist 6 July 2005 20:56 (UTC)

The question is inherently undecidable because there are no certified worldwide record figures to refer to. That's why a shorter version of the article would just say, Unknown and unknowable. Wasted Time R 7 July 2005 00:41 (UTC)

• Rename. That's a pretty bad title. Perhaps Female artist with the best sales figures? Or Best-selling female artist? Or Top-selling female artist? humblefool®Have you voted in the CSD poll yet? 6 July 2005 21:16 (UTC)
• Keep. If the article can be improved on, it is worth keeping. Winnermario July 7, 2005 00:37 (UTC)
• Strong Delete. Hopelessly POV - plus, it will change every minute, year or whatnot. Unmaintainable. -- Natalinasmpf 9 July 2005 10:11 (UTC)
• Strong Delete. Lead section reads: "This article discusses who is the World's Biggest Selling Female Recording Artist of all time." Compare this with WP:NOT a soapbox. KissL 15:34, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• RenameYes, it reeks of original research, but it can be cleaned up a bit more to fix it. DDerby 16:27, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Why does it reek of original research ? We don't have any "research" there, we only present a facts ! - Vorash 18:52, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Strong keep. Worthy list, very informative although it needs cleanup. --Vizcarra 22:42, 12 July 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.