Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Björk Guðmundsdóttir & Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar

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 of the debate was no consensus. - ulayiti (talk) 13:18, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Björk Guðmundsdóttir & Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar

Delete Björk Guðmundsdóttir & Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar is not the name of an artist but merely the credit for the album Gling Glo. Both Björk and Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar have their own pages and anything of relevance on this page is already on these pages, or can easily be added. Damiancorrigan 17:06, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - as per Damiancorrigan.Ac@osr 18:52, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - because this was a different project. In fact, it was considered a totally new ensemble with Björk. This band had several gigs in Iceland and if it didn't last longer (despite they were expected to continue playing together), that was because Guðmundur Ingólfsson died. Luis María Benítez 18:58, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

'Project'? How is it a 'project'? And 'considered' by whom? There have been numerous collaborations through the years, they don't deserve seperate pages for each of them. Damiancorrigan 19:07, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

-It was meant to be a new band. That was the project. At that time Björk was moving away from The Sugarcubes (after their second album got the worst reviews) but it all failed, as I said, because of Guðmundur illness. Also, it was "considered a new band, by the musicians themselves. How do I know this? Easy: I'm in touch with several Icelandic musicians. Luis María Benítez 19:42, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
--Check this out: On this page of Tónlist.is Björk Guðmundsdóttir & Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar is listed as one separate band, which proves I'm right, and I have an example: Bubbi Morthens joined MX-21 and under the name of Bubbi & MX-21 they released a record in 1987. Some people think this release was a collaboration of Bubbi or MX-21, but “Bubbi & MX-21” was actually the name of the band! If Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar wanted Björk to collaborate with them for that album and just that, they would have put “featuring Björk” instead.

Bubbi Morthens, MX-21 & Bubbi MX-21 do not have three separate entries, so neiher should Bjork, TGI and B&TGI. Also: if someone had said to Björk at the time, "who do you play with?" would she have said "I am playing with Björk Guðmundsdóttir & Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar at the moment" or just "I am playing with Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar at the moment"? Furthermore, having all information on one page would be logical if nothing else than for the convenience of the reader. Splitting them up over three pages - GG, TGI and B&TGI - simply to appease the original intentions of the artists who at the time wanted B&TGI to be a unique band, is complicating matters unecessarily. As archivists we are interested in a single 'event' here - the making of Gling Glo - 'intentions' of artists are irrelevant.Damiancorrigan 17:51, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

--- I think she would have said: “I’m playing in a band called Björk Guðmundsdóttir og Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar”…
As we all know this name appeared on the front cover of Gling-Gló and therefore many people think this was just an album released by the Trio “featuring” Björk as the vocalist. Some others (me included) say it was the name of a new group that couldn’t make it longer. On this page they appear as a separate band too. I’m very sorry to be so stubborn, but the fact is that they were a new band and those who have followed Björk’s music over the years would agree. I wonder what is the name of the band on the discography page at Björk.com… yes: BG&TGI. I’m just pointing a mistake people make. Regards, Luis María Benítez 23:17, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

commentI think all this belongs at the Gling Glo article - regardless of what the intention may have been, an existing singer joined with an existing band and they made one album. That's the bald fact of the matter.Ac@osr 20:19, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

• Redirect to Bjork, as she's by far the better known, and merge this "project" to her page, with appropriate links to Trio's -- GWO
• Merge to Gling Glo. -Sean Curtin 05:04, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I vote for delete. Is there a page for every single collaboration ever? Some collaborations are rightly a band in their own right (eg Paul & Simon) but not many. If in doubt, delete for collaborations. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.55.210.63 (talk • contribs) 06:58, 18 May 2006 (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.